CHAPTER ONE YOURBA AND WESTERN ETHICS 1.1. ETHICS There are many actions which we will condemn as morally wrong and ought not to be done by anybody, for example, stealing, murder, bribery aimed robbery and corruption e.t.c there are also certain actions which everybody considers as... Continue Reading
A.j. Ayer And The Elimination Of Metaphysics ABSTRACT A.J Ayer a logical positivist and indeed at all his fellow logical positivists were moved by the achievements and clarities in science and as it were, they moved to bring these achievements and clarities in science into philosophy. Nike Air Max Tavas Goedkoop sneakers blanc Homme Asics They... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.1. INTRODUCTION Women empowerment is human right that lies at the heart of development and achievement of millennium development goals. There is sample historical evidence to indicate that, there is discrimination against women all over the world and this is due to common... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 THEORIES OF TRUTH My essay centers especially on the epistemological conviction of Kwasi Wiredu with regards problem of... Continue Reading
THE MORAL DECADENCE IN NIETZSCHE’S PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS ( A Critical Approach ) CHAPTER ONE THE NOTION OF MORALITY 1.1 The Exact Definition of Morality In making moral choices, the morality of one’s actions does not depend entirely on the sincerity of the intention or the evaluation of the motives, but it must be determined... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION There seems to be universal law of preservation and conservation in nature. Rock, seas, minerals, plants, animals and man; all endure because of this universal law of nature. For instance,... Continue Reading
(NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY) CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Machiavelli has gained the world popularity because of the way he conceived and understood politics. Today “Machiavellism” is used to describe a political situation... Continue Reading
A PHILOSOPHICAL APPRAISAL OF JOSEPH FLETCHER’S NEW MORALITY CHAPTER ONE 1.0 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The problem to be treated is about moral decision-making. How is one to act when faced with a moral decisive situation? Life presents us with situations where decisions are not so clear-cut. Saying yes to one perceived good often means... Continue Reading
T HE NOTION OF THE HUMAN PERSON IN KIERKEGAARD VIS-À-VIS AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION There are diverse understanding of the concept of the human person among thinkers and philosophers. In this regard, Arthur C. Danto affirms that “Neither in common usage, nor in philosophy has there been a univocal... Continue Reading
A CRITIQUE OF POPPER’S STRATEGY FOR THE GROWTH OF SCIENCE CHAPTER ONE 1.0 TOWARDS ESTABLISHING THE BACKGROUND OF POPPERIAN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. 1.1 CAN FACTS CONSTITUTE THE TERMINUS A QUO OF SCIENCE? (THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION) It is one of the fundamental canons of the empiricists, the... Continue Reading
THE ART OF NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING IN THE LIGHT OF JOHN F. KIPPLEY ( A Philosophical Approach ) TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE ...... …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… ……ii CERTIFICATION ...... …… ….. …… …… ….. …… …...iii DEDICATION ...... …… ……... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE VIEWS OF PHILOSOPHERS THROUGH THE AGES Perhaps what has become so dominant in the affairs and the nature of man, almost exclusively, is the need to be treated well. What seemed as latent but constantly boiling in every individual of all ages is a quest to get a fair... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Self: An Existential Approach. Existentialism is better seen as a style of philosophizing rather than a philosophy. Thus, the existentialists have some patterns of thought following their existential traits. Hence, they deny that reality can be neatly packaged in concept or presented as... Continue Reading
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HEGELIAN IDEALISM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL HUMAN PERSON TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE .. .. .. .. .. .. .. i... Continue Reading
A CRITIQUE OF THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS NIHILISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREIDRICH NIETZSCHE TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE … … … … … … … … i CERTIFICATION … … … … … ... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Since time immemorial, people have held the view that men are superior to women. This vision of male supremacy is clearly reflected in all traditional families and societies to an extent that even women were made to accept that they are inferior nature. Over... Continue Reading
GENERAL INTRODUCTION Man by nature it has been said is an insatiable being. He is never satisfied and fulfilled within any particular state. He wants always to move beyond his present condition and consequently realize himself in the... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Aristotle in the commencement of his “Metaphysics” wrote: “pantes anthropoi tou eidenai oregontai phuse”[1] (all men by nature desire to know). This existential passion or desire is quite innate and... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL IDEA OF A SOCIAL CONTRACT The social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that person’s moral or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement between them to form a society.1 On the mention of the term contract, then,... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION It is undeniably clear that coming across any written work with this kind of topic stirs up numerous varied notions in people’s minds. The views of an Igbo man who comes across this topic is bound to be different from that of a European.... Continue Reading