Essay on Aristotle and Heidegger Allowing Personal Accountability

The most powerful analogy in the text is the comparison of women and pornography shops to concentration camps and nazis. This analogy demonstrates how some individuals view the severity of the need for First Amendment censorship, but also brings to mind that the Nazi march through concentration camps was not censored, despite its far more violent nature in comparison to the existence pornography (17). This analogy is an effective way to help the reader understand how some individuals feel about pornography, and why they believe it should be censored. That being said, it does not help prove the point of those individuals, but rather is used to help develop Jacoby’s argument that the First Amendment is all inclusive, regardless of personal opinion. Jacoby has two specific uses of statistics within the text. The first, less influential statistic is the price of a magazine on page 18. The second, more notable statistic is when she mentions the age range of children viewing movies containing adult content in theaters (19). The age of the children in box-office lines helps paint a picture for the reader and better establishes a mental visualization of what is happening in the scene. This is an effective use of statistics, and it also ties into imagery. Incorporating two separate rhetorical terms into one coherent

The plaintiff, the State of California, contended that the distribution of obscene material was not protected by the First Amendment. The soliciting and sale of ‘hardcore pornography’ should not be allowed to be mailed out, especially if the receivers did not sign up for the advertisements.

To understand the connection between the occasion for Heidegger’s speech and its content, the setting needs to be clarified. Heidegger’s speech takes place during a memorial of the 175th birthday of famous

WDBJ broadcasted a news report about a former adult film star who joined a local volunteer rescue squad, including a video clip depicting the woman’s head and shoulders obtained from a video distributor’s website. The clip from the website featured a number of small boxes off to the side with previews of other videos, one of which featured a hand manipulating an erect penis. The staff at WDBJ failed to edit out the auxiliary clips because they appeared outside of the viewing constraints of the station’s editing bay. The small clip at issue aired for approximately three seconds of the three minute and twenty-second segment.

Radical feminists have always pushed for regulation through law in the pornographic community. Two cases are important to the idea of what pornography is and if the government is able to both define what pornographic material is and if its regulation can fall under the sphere of jurisdiction of the federal government. The first case is Roth v.

In the censorship arena, there are variety of controversial, hateful and inappropriate topics debated for subjectivity. Yet, child pornography became the “leading rationale for censorship” and was outlawed in 1982 by New York vs. Ferber (Mintcheva, p.167; Adler, p.228). Children are one of the most exposed demographics in society because they don’t have autonomy and are reliant on adults. Thus, the child pornography law aimed to prevent sexual abuse and molestation. Amy Adler, contributor to Censoring Culture, argues that child pornography law is self-indulgent and further exacerbates the problem by bringing it into the public eye (Adler, p. 229). She also cites taking on the “gaze of the pedophile” as part of the problem. By stooping to the level of a sexual predator, courts and policy makers are making the problem worse. In an arena like the arts, where nudity and vulnerability are king, this controversy over what is pornography is especially delicate.

In “Morality and the Distinctiveness of Human Action”, Korsgaard does not agree with the veneer theory and proposes that human beings are originally acquisitive, but they become moral beings through the process of living and growing up under the circumstance of society. In this paper, I will defend this argument. I will first explain in detail what “self-government” is and why it is the most important to human morality. Then I address two opposing arguments. The first one challenges the theory of “deepest level of intentionality”, and the second one used the example of children to attack the “self-government” theory. I will point out the weaknesses of these arguments to show the validity of Korsgaard’s theory.

Pornography is an age-old phenomenon that has been under much modern-day scrutiny. With the recent proliferation of online pornography, possible social ramifications of sexually explicit material on uncontrolled mediums have become the subjects of intense debate. Proponents of a liberal approach toward pornography argue that access to online smut is a constitutionally protected freedom and "a harmless diversion that serves to satisfy curiosity and relieve sexual tensions.5" Opponents of this view are particularly concerned with the social effects of online pornography and its effect on the values and morals of minors who can access pornographic images. I will argue for the liberal side and argue that porn in both print form and

In this module 2 Case assignment, I will be deliberating over what it is that Aristotle means to convey in his paper on voluntary action. Additionally, I will discuss the importance of differentiating between what is a voluntary, and an involuntary action. In order to achieve this, I will be presenting a brief overview of how Aristotle himself distinguished between voluntary and involuntary actions in his piece from his book, Nichomachean Ethics. To delve deeper in to how to make this distinction, I will start by looking at such factors as compulsion and ignorance, which have important roles in the classification of an action. I will also be discussing the implications of choices, opinions, wishes and the deliberation involved therein. Additionally, I will reference an example of when an action occurs that is less than

Morality is a virtue that all humans ought to embrace. The different societies where we live in have set standards that provide guidelines that all are to follow. However, with all the set conditions, a section of the population still chose to go astray. Through their actions, verbally and in all manners known to them, this group upholds obscene vices that are a deterrent to the community’s standards of decency (Ryder 210). Obscene practices extend to those materials that are intended to invoke impure sexual thoughts. These materials spread in publications to schools and public libraries at high rates. The question arises that, to what limit should a material be labeled as obscene?

Heidegger also believed that we have been interpreting certain pre- Socratics wrong. One such pre-Socratic is Heraclitus. More specifically, Heidegger believed that Fragment 123 of Heraclitus in which he mentions Physis has also been translated falsely, giving the words false definitions as well as false philosophical theories behind it. Traditionally, Fragment 123 is translated into “that nature likes to hide”. Instead of the traditional interpretation of how nature likes to hide, Heidegger believed that when Heraclitus mentioned Physis, he was referring to Being. More specifically, he was referring to Being in the Heideggarian context, which is referring to the appearing of that which appears and the occurring of what is. In other words, he was referring to things which are seeming and happening and the

The First Amendment does not protect criminal or harmful acts. It is possible to strike a sensible balance between protecting our children while allowing concenting adults the freedom of obtaining erotic material. Erotica is not a crime, but rather a matter of taste. Some individuals believe there is a correlation between exposure to explicit material and unlawful acts, but this is an issue yet to be resolved. Even those who claim a connection admit there is not solid evidence of direct cause and effect (Stone 176). Pornography didn't invent criminal acts, therefore, should we restrict the freedom for all to punish the irresponsibility of few (Evans 68) ? Rather than a sweeping ban on all obscene material an appropriate solution would be to enforce stricter laws dealing with criminals.

Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher, he is still well known for the theories on existentialism and phenomenology. One for the most important works by Heidegger on philosophy of the 20th century is “Being and Time” translated from German “Sein und Zeit”. In addition, the analysis of Being in his work became trigger to exploration of “human Being” which is “Da-sein”

Aristotle and Heidegger have conflicting views on what a human or beings are. Although, there are some similarities to each of their set of ideas. Aristotle has a clear hierarchical framework classifying the differences between humans, animals, and plants. Heidegger opposes this strict definitions by discussing this idea of “Dasein” which states of being there. Although, their approaches to this topic are different with the types of question one asks and how they theorize about what is a being. There is key similarities that they discuss almost two thousand years apart. Aristotle and Heidegger are two philosophers that have tackled the enormous question, what is it to be a being? This paper discusses the two different approaches to defining this long standing question.

In recent years, pornography has established itself as perhaps the most controversial topic arising out of the use of the Internet. The easy availability of this type of sexually explicit material has caused a panic among government officials, family groups, religious groups and law enforcement bodies and this panic has been perpetuated in the media.