Reason

In the Critique of Pure Reason, philosopher Immanuel Kant aims to thoroughly explain his philosophy of the metaphysical world. Within the Transcendental Aesthetic, Kant focuses on confirming that space and time are a priori intuitions. He provides reasoning and arguments as to why they are transcendentally ideal but empirically real, making space and time subjectively necessary for experiences. Simultaneously, Kant distinguishes space and time from secondary qualities, which belong to our senses

view of ethics depends on emotion but for a strangers, our view of ethics depends on reasons. We naturally are so attached with close person such as family, friends and relatives. According to dictionary.com, ethics is a system of moral principles and a rules of conduct in respect to a particular human. There is a scene from the movie, Fast and Furious, where it exemplifies the difference between emotion and reason decision. In that scene, there is a guy and a girl who used to be in a relationship

Ever thought about what a boss thinks every time an employee gave him a reason for being late, or an excuse for not doing something, “hmm that is a goooood reason!!” Or “that reason is bullshit”. In the book, The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Control of your Life by Bernard Roth, he explains how giving reasons and excuses in life is not a good way to live. He also explains different ways of avoiding excuses by the words he uses in the book. It can be as simple as waking up

Reasons are Bullshit The book The Achievement Habit: Stop wishing, Start doing, and Take Command of Your Life by Bernard Roth is an appealing book. Roth was a professor at Stanford University where he taught many students. Roth has a couple key points in chapters one and two. The key point that is most interesting is Reasons Are Bullshit. As Roth said “The problem with reasons is that they are just excuses prettied up”. (The Achievement Habit, Page 39). Bernard Roth uses the statement Reasons Are

I also asked the groups to provide two reasons to support their opinion. I restated some of their answers to make sure they were providing two reasons. I also did that to allow other pairs to possibly learn new reasons to support their opinion. After, three pairs shared I asked the class “what is an opinion?” I let two people in the class share their answer and then I restated their answer. Next, I asked them “why do opinions have to be supported by reasons?” I called on one student to share their

the difficult themes that are often discussed by many philosophers. In Nicomachean EthicsⅡ.6, Aristotle defines ethical virtue as ‘(a) a state that decides,(b) in a mean, (c) the mean relative to us, (d) which is defined by reference to reason, (e) i.e. to the reason by reference to which the intelligent person would define it.’ (NEⅡ.6) But, this definition itself is complex. Then, in this paper, I will explain what he means by this and evaluate this definition. First, Aristotle claims virtue should

true color by painting another on top of it. Bullshit is the reasons, the excuses and all the lies being told every day, yet people get away with their poor behavior because they are tricked and manipulated by their own mind. Bernard Roth, the famous author of the book The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing and Take Command of Your Life points out people’s behavior when it comes to making up excuses and throwing unacceptable reasons in order to cover their shortcomings and justify

obtaining reason. Is it a good argument?

an agent is not acting freely unless he acts for some reason, the Underground Man seems to take the opposite stance: the only way to be truly autonomous is to reject this notion of freedom, and to affirm one's right to act for no reason. I will argue that the Underground Man's notion of freedom builds on Kant's, in that it requires self-consciousness in decision-making. But he breaks from Kant when he makes the claim that acting for a reason is not enough, and only provides an illusion of freedom

top of it. It is the reasons, the excuses and all the lies being told every day, yet people get away with their poor behavior because they are tricked and manipulated by their own mind. Bernard Roth, famous author of the book “The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing and Take Command of Your Life” pointed out people’s behavior when it comes to making up excuses and throwing unacceptable reasons in order to cover their shortcomings and justify their actions. “Reasons are Bullshit”, Roth said