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This 3 page paper examines the positions of each of these philosophers in respect to the concepts of absolutism and finitude. Each of the concepts are explored in a general sense and examples are provided. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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or not things are absolute or definite, or whether there are arbitrary rules that govern man and nature. Is there an intrinsic sense of right and wrong for man, or
does it come from religion, or from somewhere else? Is morality relative to the person or situation or are there absolute laws that govern all? Many people struggle with such
dilemmas and within that domain comes the implications of the lying promise and other moral difficulties. Other problems in philosophy go to existence and whether not something is infinite or
finite. Is the past really finite or does it go beyond what is known? How does one know that they even exist? So many unanswered questions loom and while perhaps
there are no concrete answers to lifes most dramatic puzzles, some philosophers have addressed these very issues and can provide some sense of reason to these philosophical problems. Absolutism, or
the thinking that there is only one truth or one type of moral judgment is something that has been debated for centuries. Is something absolutely true or is perception a
part of what exists? Aristotles position in respect to absolutism is somewhat vague, but many contend that he did not believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher
contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with this assumption, is that universals cannot exist in and of themselves (Honderich, 1995). Here, he disagrees with
Platos theory of universals (1995). To Descartes, absolute truth does exist. Something is either one way or another, it is just that people do not know this all
the time. In fact, Descartes is rather skeptical about everything. Still, Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could
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