The week of February 28 to March 6 had this topic for our discussion assignment: Rawlsian Justice John Rawls claims that justice comes down ...

Below is the assignment criteria for this paper: Using the material on moral compasses from weeks 1 and 2, write a paper of no less than 500...

PHILOSOPHY - Religion: God and Morality, Part 1 PHILOSOPHY - Religion: God and Morality, Part 2 Darwall's argument is summarized as this...

Ancient Greek Philosophical Solutions to Modern Information Technology Delivery Problems Life does not come with a complete instruction book...

This is a blog post for my Critical Thinking class I am taking this semester.  The assignment was to construct an argument using either Clas...

On the True Good as Attained by Reason The topic of this letter is "whether the Good is grasped by the senses or by the understanding; ...

On the Conflict between Pleasure and Virtue In my studies of Stoicism, I've learned the summum bonum  is eudaimonia  - this is the why o...

On Darkness as a Veil for Wickedness Seneca does not support various ways of living because, he argues, these ways are not according to Natu...

On Instinct in Animals The theme of this letter is  oikeiôsis .  William O. Stephens has a fine explanation of this concept in this Stoic Et...

More about Virtue Seneca explains how it is that humanity was able to deduce the Good and then he spends quite a bit of the letter providing...

On Nature as our Best Provider The theme of this letter is: enough; Nature provides with with enough.  People, though, introduce excess. Sen...

On the Vanity of Place-Seeking Have you ever seen someone do something for mere status?  In a way, we are all seeking status - we want to be...

On Real Ethics as Superior to Syllogistic Subtleties The question in this letter is: "whether the Stoic belief is true: that wisdom is ...

On Self-Control To topic of this letter whether it "is better to have moderate emotions, or none at all."  Seneca notes two views ...