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25 paź 2024 · In ethics, rationalism holds the position that reason, rather than feeling, custom, or authority, is the ultimate court of appeal in judging good and bad, right and wrong. Among major thinkers, the most notable representative of rational ethics is Kant, who held that the way to judge an act is to check its self-consistency as apprehended by the ...
30 sty 2019 · Rationalism is the philosophical stance according to which reason is the ultimate source of human knowledge. It stands in contrast to empiricism, according to which the senses suffice in justifying knowledge. In one form or another, rationalism features in most philosophical traditions.
16 wrz 2003 · Like most other ancient philosophers, Plato maintains a virtue-based eudaemonistic conception of ethics. That is to say, happiness or well-being (eudaimonia) is the highest aim of moral thought and conduct, and the virtues (aretê: ‘excellence’) are the dispositions/skills needed to attain it.
29 wrz 2024 · The most provocative rationalist thesis arises in contemporary discussions in metaethics; and it is this thesis that remains the most likely referent, in contemporary discussions, of the phrase 'moral rationalism.'
21 gru 2023 · Spinoza’s rationalist philosophy also extends to ethics. He aims to provide a framework for living a fulfilled and virtuous life and proposed that the highest virtue is attaining knowledge and understanding of the true nature of oneself and the universe.
29 wrz 2023 · Rationalism, rooted in the Latin "Ratio" for reason, is defined as a philosophical doctrine where reason is the primary source of knowledge and justification, emphasizing intellectual and deductive processes over sensory experiences.
An ethic is rational if it can justify itself rationally—that is to say, if there is a “why” and a “wherefore” in it amenable to reflection, and underivative. An ethic, on the other hand, is irrational if reason and reflection are irrelevant to it, or if, being relevant, they are fundamentally subordinate, and are only the lackeys of ...
