Philosophy Answers

Critical theory is skeptical of the African social traditions and authority of the community.

Comment on the above view.

The Philosophy of critical theory encourages a radical approach to the way in which power and social structures influence your thought processes and actions. As a teacher, how would you implement critical thinking (pedagogy) in your classroom?

How does conscience relate to morality?

Do laws limit our freedom?

Why is morality only for person?

To be moral is to be human. What does it mean?

Are all pleasures commensurable? Can they be evaluated on a single scale? Can some goods, like friendships, be balanced against other goods, like money?

Mill revises utilitarianism by arguing for"higher" pleasures. Which pleasure are higher?

Do you agree that happiness is the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain, and that all actions are directed toward pleasure?

Does utilitarianism questions individual rights? What if violating the civil rights of a minority increases the sum total of pleasure of the majority?