Final Draft

Divergence in the Study of Ethics as a Byproduct of British Social Hardship The classification and understanding of conceptual right and wrong actions has been studied since before the Common Era, with the word “Ethics” first being defined by the…

Rough Draft

Divergence in the Study of Ethics as  a Byproduct of British Society The systemization and understanding of conceptual right and wrong actions has been studied since before the Common Era, with the word “Ethics” first being defined by the Ancient…

Portfolio

Below are hyperlinks to my blog posts from the semester   Introduction This is my introduction to the course and other honors students. Why I Study History My second post about what interests me in history, and why I study…

Secondary Sources: 17th and 18th Century European & British Societies

As I continue to work towards finding evidence for the divergence of ethical ideologies between European and British philosophers in the 17th and 18th centuries,  I’ll be researching the societies of those eras. These two books, Eighteenth-Century Europe: Tradition and Progress,…

Annotated Bibliography of Research so far

Annotated Bibliography Becker, Lawrence C., and Charlotte B. Becker. A History of Western Ethics. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y: Routledge, 2003. JSTOR. Web. A History of Western Ethics is one of the many books I’ve consulted to gain an understanding…

Journal Article: Philosophy as medicina mentis? Hume and Spinoza on Emotions and Wisdom

“Philosophy as medicina mentis? Hume and Spinoza on Emotion and Wisdom” is a chapter by Willem Lemmens in the book, The Concept of Love in 17th and 18th Century Philosophy. The chapter compares and contrasts Benedict de Spinoza and David Hume’s beliefs…

Research as of 4/9/17

My general topic of study has been the history of studying ethics, so the concepts and ideologies of ethics that have arisen in modern western civilization, as well as the philosophers behind these concepts. I’ve studied through the various schools…