Throughout the third part of Spinoza’s Ethics, Spinoza address two very serious exigent matters: one, he attempts to illustrate to the reader that humans merely follow nature’s order. According to Spinoza, human beings operate according to their casual nature, which is no different than any other finite modes. Thus, human behavior and the behavior of [...]
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Spinoza’s Account of Ethics
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Free Speech: Utility vs. Autonomy
Free speech is a concept that can be respected in two main lights: first, an individual ought to have the ability to speak freely to insure his or her autonomy is respected, and second, an individual ought to have the ability to speak freely to insure that society has access to this speech. Presumably, the [...]
April 26th, 2011
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