Essays on Social Philosophy

Part 1: Annotated Bibliography

BBC News. BBC, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 20 Nov. 2014. The United Nations issued a directive in 2008 due to the pleas of the animal rights movement. The proposed changes that may result to an amicable agreement between the two sides of the debate include making it compulsory to have ethical reviews on the experiments prior to conducting them on animals. In this regard, any experiment that requires animals will also require authorization to approve the process (BBC 10). Cochrane, Alasdair. Animal Rights Without Liberation: Applied Ethics and Human Obligations. Vol. 1. WestHam: Penguin, 2010. Print. Cochrane ...

Introduction

The reading is an excerpt from the first four chapters of the book “Memoirs.” As a major contributor to the field of history, economics, social philosophy, and philosophy of science, Von Mises recalls the development of his own life from his youth to his work in history and economics. The discussion covers the summation of the first four chapters of the reading. After which, the reading was analyzed for interesting points and connections to other texts. Commenting on the reading encompasses a reflection on the relevant arguments that defines the context of the selected chapters. Memoirs is an essential reading not ...

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeck as he gives the story revolving around the family of Joad. The novel illustrates oppression and hardship that faced the migrants’ workers during the great depression. In depth it is a political tract that governed collectivist action on oppressing those looking for jobs. In the same sense, the speech that was delivered by Martin Luther King on the oppression of the black people has a lot of similarities as compared to the The Grapes of Wrath. Martin Luther speech covers the oppression nature of the blacks as well. The Declaration's ...

Both P’Bitek and Rosaldo provide a prospective view of culture as a form of philosophy. The culture norms are formed on the basis of philosophy. P’Bitec believes that culture is “philosophy as lived and celebrated in a society. According to P’Bitek, human being are not like other non-living things like leaves that only depends on other things like wind to be moved. Human lives in organized groups such as clan and family, kingdom and chiefdom among others which adheres to certain religions. The author stand on culture and philosophy is supported by the fact that culture has principles on ...

The article discusses the demonstration of Global Apartheid by the countries and United Nation. Apartheid, the social philosophy in South Africa appears to be adopted globally and the economic and social status of the people is given importance instead of their lives. This paper analyzes the article on Global Apartheid and establishes the key points shared by author and continues with critically analyzing the article in the global context. The article raises some fresh and valid issues which requires the attention of the global social institutions and discusses the differentiation on the basis of race, gender, origin and location. ...