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I do agree with Aristotle that there are There different type of friendships. The three friendships are pleasure, utility, and virtue. Personally I’ve never determines based on what services are provide them and what they do for me. Generally individuals separate between comfortably level, and closeness. After learning the differences it made me analyze everyContinue reading “Blog 15: Aristotles Friendships”

Female Circumcision When coming to this topic in class I was fairly quiet, because I wanted to get a females perspective on it. Gender equality in this nation problem as it is, but its sad to see what many suffer around the world. Kopelman touched on this topic saying that there are two thoughts ofContinue reading “Blog Prompt 3: Kopelman makes a distinction between types of relativism.”

This story can be easily dragged on for many pages, but giving someone a perspective of a social injustice may not always be an easy task. To begin my family history is very broad. My Grandfather was a German soldier “Nazi” during WW2 and he so happened to escape to Mexico before Nuremberg Trials. SoContinue reading “Injustice”

A particular component that I found interesting was Right Livelihood. This component of the high fold path emphasizes one must live in peace and be all about peace. In today’s society our livelihood depends our income and status. In my experiences, to live comfortably one doesn’t need a lot of money to live comfortably. IContinue reading “Blog Prompt 11: Focus on a particular component of the eightfold path and apply it to your own life. Do you think that right action would mean less suffering? Refer to both readings in your explanation of the connection between virtue and the cessation of suffering.”

Kant’s second formulation explains how our “humanity” we just rest as an end. I view the end as goal, a goal in which we must active in order to have our human quality. One can’t acknowledge someone else without respect. There’s two conceptions when is universal and one is humanity. The universal notion is heContinue reading “Blog Prompt 8: Kant’s Humanity Formulation”

The strengths of a utilitarian argument for open boarders contains three main premises. The first premise is the impact on economy. The second is an end to poverty, and the third is that the current status quo isn’t sufficient. The first premise projects a 50% to 150% increase in the economy. The reason for thisContinue reading “Blog Prompt 7: What are the strengths of an argument applying the utilitarian calculation to open borders? Is it a good argument? How could it be better? What are its main objections?”

Yes! Organ sales should be legal. First and foremost we all have a right to our bodies, we should be able to do what we want with it. Usually organ sales come with monetary compensation, and offering a kidney can amount to a great deal of money. In the film we viewed in class, itContinue reading “Blog Prompt 9: Should organ sales be legal? Give the Kantian argument. Do you agree? Where would a utilitarian stand?”