I am really struggling with my philosophy class. Can someone help answer these questions or help me to start thinking on how to answer them? I have a lot more that I need help on, so please help if you can.Thanks.
>How, according to Roderick Chisholm, can people be free? Cite two potential problems for Chisholm’s account. Are there adequate responses to these objections?
>Imagine the following situation. In a given society, if everyone follows a set of rules, S, a very small minority of people must work in mines to supply energy to the majority. The conditions of these workers are horrible, and nothing can be done to make them better—short of permitting them not to work in the mines. They are, by any account, very badly off. But everyone else does very well—overall, people lead very good lives. Indeed, overall, people could not do better than follow this set of rules. Would the rule-utilitarian hold that these people should follow S? How about the contractualist? Why or why not?
2006-12-10 09:34:21 · 3 answers · asked by Ashley 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
you must do your homework by yourself, no help for you!
2006-12-10 09:37:52 · answer #1 · answered by metroactus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice to you, Ashley, is to drop this course at
once! I'm serious. This is no way to learn philosophy.
If you keep on with this nonsense, you'll only end up
hating philosophy. Your teacher obviously has no idea
about how to introduce philosophy to newbies. Trust
me when I say that this is NOT the way. Philosophy
should never ever be an endless struggle. If it is, then
something is very very rotten in Denmark. Tell your
teacher what he can do with these stupid questions,
and then drop the course.
2006-12-10 20:51:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try looking at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; it offers concise and easy to read breakdowns of different schools of philosophy.
2006-12-10 12:04:19 · answer #3 · answered by Glen B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋