A Collection of Writings

On Kant’s Theory of Radical Evil

On Kant’s Theory of Radical Evil

Anne A.

Here I hope to accomplish a thorough explanation of Kant’s account of radical evil, to deconstruct its application to human nature, and to discuss my interpretations in regards to Kant’s investigation. 

On Kant’s Theory of Radical Evil

Anne A.

Here I hope to accomplish a thorough explanation of Kant’s account of radical evil, to deconstruct its application to human nature, and to discuss my interpretations in regards to Kant’s investigation. 

Marx’s Alienation and the Understanding of Human Nature

Marx’s Alienation and the Understanding of Huma...

Anne A.

According to Marx, alienation is the result of the submission of individual will towards a power where individual will is given freely under the societal conformities and constraints to and...

Marx’s Alienation and the Understanding of Huma...

Anne A.

According to Marx, alienation is the result of the submission of individual will towards a power where individual will is given freely under the societal conformities and constraints to and...

Is Ethics Analytic?

Is Ethics Analytic?

Anne A.

I believe ethics to lean towards being synthetic (or a posteriori) because what one regards as ethical or not, how one may believe morality to be, does not initially derive from extensive logic...

Is Ethics Analytic?

Anne A.

I believe ethics to lean towards being synthetic (or a posteriori) because what one regards as ethical or not, how one may believe morality to be, does not initially derive from extensive logic...

Wittgenstein’s Beetle in a Box Analogy and his Investigation of Pain

Wittgenstein’s Beetle in a Box Analogy and his ...

Anne A.

Wittgenstein’s Beetle in a Box is an analogy he introduces as he investigates the individual experience of pain. By comparing the idea of the beetle to the sense of pain, Wittgenstein is able...

Wittgenstein’s Beetle in a Box Analogy and his ...

Anne A.

Wittgenstein’s Beetle in a Box is an analogy he introduces as he investigates the individual experience of pain. By comparing the idea of the beetle to the sense of pain, Wittgenstein is able...

Dun Scotus on Virtue and Moral Goodness

Dun Scotus on Virtue and Moral Goodness

Anne A.

The more one practises their virtues, the more their right reason accustoms to its standards, resulting in the individual’s actions to be morally good. As both Aristotle and Scotus have...

Dun Scotus on Virtue and Moral Goodness

Anne A.

The more one practises their virtues, the more their right reason accustoms to its standards, resulting in the individual’s actions to be morally good. As both Aristotle and Scotus have...

Institutionalized Racism in Canada’s Educational System

Institutionalized Racism in Canada’s Educationa...

Anne A.

The foundations of Canada’s educational system was built on the colonization, exploitation and genocide of its Indigenous people. The institutionalized racism and classism that has been historically present in Canada’s...

Institutionalized Racism in Canada’s Educationa...

Anne A.

The foundations of Canada’s educational system was built on the colonization, exploitation and genocide of its Indigenous people. The institutionalized racism and classism that has been historically present in Canada’s...