Modern Morality and Ancient Ethics It is commonly supposed that there is a vital difference between ancient ethics and modern morality. Par exemple, there appears to be a vital difference between virtue ethics and the modern moralities of deontological ethics (Kantianism) et le conséquentialisme (utilitarianism). At second glance, cependant, one acknowledges that both ethical approaches have more in common than their stereotypes may suggest. Oversimplification, fallacious

Understanding in Epistemology Epistemology is often defined as the theory of knowledge, and talk of propositional knowledge (c'est, “S knows that p”) has dominated the bulk of modern literature in epistemology. Toutefois, epistemologists have recently started to turn more attention to the epistemic state or states of understanding, asking questions about its nature, relationship to knowledge, connection with explanation, and potential status as a

Argument The word “argument” can be used to designate a dispute or a fight, or it can be used more technically. The focus of this article is on understanding an argument as a collection of truth-bearers (c'est, the things that bear truth and falsity, or are true and false) some of which are offered as reasons for one of them, the conclusion. Cet article

Épistémologie et relativisme L'épistémologie est, à peu près, la théorie philosophique de la connaissance, sa nature et sa portée. Quel est le statut des revendications épistémologiques? Les relativistes considèrent le statut de (au moins certains types de) affirmations épistémologiques comme, d'une manière ou d'une autre, relatif, c'est-à-dire, que les vérités qui (certaines sortes de) les affirmations épistémologiques auxquelles aspirent sont des vérités relatives. Les relativistes autoproclamés varient, parfois de façon dramatique, dans la façon dont ils

Aesthetics in Continental Philosophy Although aesthetics is a significant area of research in its own right in the analytic philosophical tradition, aesthetics frequently seems to be accorded less value than philosophy of language, logique, épistémologie, métaphysique, and other areas of value theory such as ethics and political philosophy. Many of the most prominent analytic philosophers have not written on aesthetics at all. Matters stand very

Human Rights Human rights are certain moral guarantees. This article examines the philosophical basis and content of the doctrine of human rights. The analysis consists of five sections and a conclusion. Section one assesses the contemporary significance of human rights, and it argues that the doctrine of human rights has become the dominant moral doctrine for evaluating the moral status of the contemporary geo-political order.