What Is Knowledge,? What Is Knowledge?

We may believe we have knowledge, but what is knowledge? Many will answer with simple statements such as “knowledge is things we’ve acquired and learned through past experiences” or “knowledge is based on our intelligence of the world and things around us”. Prior to this ethics class I perceived knowledge with these meanings but now I think of knowledge as a belief or perception that is true, and justified. In order to have knowledge we need a justified true belief; meaning an idea, opinion, proposition that actually corresponds to reality and the reason why someone believes it is true are the very same reasons that make the belief true. We can acquire knowledge from empiricism (knowledge which comes by the way of the five senses), rationalism (knowledge that comes by way of reason or logical argument), and sometimes even intuition (immediate or self-evident knowledge).

So now that I have explained knowledge, the real question is: can the human

To the majority of us, this is morally wrong, forbidden, and frowned upon but in reality the Eskimos do not have any less affection for their children or less respect for the human life and also view this as a moral wrong. The only difference is that they live in a very harsh environment where food is in short supply. The Eskimo family wants to nourish its babies but are unable to do so, which will lead to a death regardless. Another example Rachel’s uses is that different cultures have different moral codes. The Callatian ate the body of their dead fathers and the Greeks burned them. Although their actions were expressed differently both the Callatians and the Greeks did these actions to show respect for their father 's deceased body and therefore were showing the same moral values/