Author: Yskander Arquimides Saucedo

Experimental Philosophy (X-Phi) is a relatively new 21st-century approach. The approach is less traditional and more in common with modern methods used by the social sciences. Traditionally, philosophers would spend their leisure gathering data and performing experiments. Philosophers for over two thousand years have been comfortable performing thought experiments as they reflect their way to … Continue reading Experimental Philosophy

In common are the multiple ethical dilemmas humans find themselves in on a frequent basis. Conceptual moral factors are an anchor of weight one must struggle to deal with to determine what action is right or wrong. In determining the moral factor, some are arbitrary in deciding what course of action to take. In contrast, … Continue reading The Elenchus Experience Moral Relative Dilemma

It is ostensibly obvious that anytime currency is involved in a situation especially business in relation to earning money, unethical behavior will be revealed. Chapter one of Business Ethics begins with examples of white-collar executives who were sent to prison or companies bankrupt as a consequence of unethical behavior. From the investors, the one I … Continue reading Management Ethics: Business Ethics and Moral Character

Religion has evidently been a persuasive influence in civilization and government, particularly the historical monarchs. Speculation to this day leads to a debate about whether biblical law ought to be the standard of governments judicial system with doctrines such as Theonomy and Christian Reconstruction. Highly sophisticated arguments have been developed from proponents and advocates of … Continue reading The Enlightenments Supremacy Over the Divine Right of Kings Doctrine

The pessimism of Schopenhauer is profoundly metaphysical. The world itself is will and the will of the world or the nature thereof is principally wicked. Evil exists in the world because the world itself is a manifestation of will. All humans have a will but the will of man is identified with the will of … Continue reading The Pessimism of Schopenhauer

Social contract theory (SCT) is arguably the most influential theory for moral and political philosophy. Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau are perhaps the most dominant political philosophers responsible for shaping the modern political theory of Europe and North America; nevertheless, SCT is not a newly developed concept. Examples of SCT are found throughout history since the … Continue reading The insubstantial Social Contract Theory

Empiricism is a posteriori, any knowledge is dependent upon the senses, observation, and experience, and apart from reason, but not necessarily being certain or justified knowledge other than any knowledge gained from induction. If there is any certainty that may have been gained through the history of philosophy is that not everyone knows everything, some … Continue reading David Hume Perceptions

There are some who ask if there is any value in philosophy and if there is what may be a relevant example. Philosophy may be considered the cornerstone of the sciences. Before astronomy became a science; Thales of Miletus predicted an eclipse. When a philosophy gathers enough facts to become dogmatic, it becomes a science … Continue reading St. Augustine’s Just War Theory