Elaina HowellFinal ProjectThis past semester in ethics, I have learned quite a lot when it comes to how philosophers judge others, their beliefs on the good or bad…2 min read·Apr 28, 2021----
Elaina HowellIntuitionism: Ross and PluralismAnd there are two main differences between Ross and Sidgwick. The first is Ross is an intuitionist, and its very important to a lot of…7 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
Elaina HowellUtilitarianism: ObjectionsChapter one of book four, he says “by utilitarianism, is here meant the ethical theory that the conduct which, under any given…6 min read·Mar 24, 2021----
Elaina HowellUtilitarianism Common SenseThe method Sidgewick is advocating for is called the Methods of Ethics and he thinks that in doing ethics we must account for our…2 min read·Mar 24, 2021----
Elaina HowellKant, Groundwork Section IIIKant goes about starting the section showing that not only is there something that would be the content of a categorical imperative, if…5 min read·Mar 3, 2021----
Elaina HowellKant, Groundwork Section III think Kant is saying that the wills that are determined by reason without fail (fail meaning going outside of the objective laws) the…2 min read·Feb 22, 2021----
Elaina HowellKant’s Groundwork Section IIn Ak 4.393, Kant brings the argument that “it is impossible to think of anything at all in the world, or indeed even beyond it, that…2 min read·Feb 16, 2021----
Elaina HowellWeek 4: “Toward an African Moral Theory” By Thaddeus MetzMetz establishes that what he means by “African ethics” which is “values associated with the largely black and Bantu‐speaking peoples.”…5 min read·Feb 8, 2021----
Elaina HowellWeek 3: The MenciusIn 6A.1–4, Mencius uses Gaozi’s words to then prove that Gaozi is wrong and that human nature is innately good. My favorite analogy that…3 min read·Feb 8, 2021----
Elaina HowellAristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, III: 6–12What is Aristotle’s argument that we become virtuous by habit? He starts by saying “we are adapted by nature to receive them and are made…2 min read·Jan 24, 2021----