Jeremy Herrin

Gambling, political dissidence, and economy may not seem to have much in common at first, but all have a key goal of “beating the system”. Michel Foucault presents a method of discipline that attempts to destroy an individual’s likelihood of going against government rulings: panopticism. Panopticism advocates the idea that a prisoner or subject potentially under constant scrutiny will not misbehave under observation. In William Shakespeare’s Othello, Othello is under constant scrutiny. Likewise,…

This was our first week in man 3105, this unit has brought to into light different theories that are important to understand considering business ethics. They were a couple of theories that grabbed my attention and concepts. I would like to explore the consequentialist and non-consequentialist theories. The Utilitarianism theory is one I’m familiar with, but the week one module has explained it in a better way with the incorporation of the trolley dilemma. The objective of utilitarian morals…

Imagine just imagine that one day your parents are divorced and during the summer you have to go and visit your dad in Canada where he now works, there are so many things going through your mind and you know a secret that your father doesn't about why they split up. But before you could even reach your dad the pilot of the small single engine plane, the pilot dies of a heart attack, the plane crash lands a little while later. You are stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. That is the…

Daniel Park Philosophy 231 5/11/14 Final Essay How did the development of capitalism and disciplinary power change society? What particular effects have they had on American culture? To what extent does panopticism contribute to racism and sexism? In this paper I will be focusing on Foucault’s reading Panopticism. In the article he states “experience has taught me that the history of various forms of rationality is sometimes more effective in unsettling our certitudes and dogmatism than is…

Unit 5 Assignment/Question 2 French philosopher Michel Foucault, whose primary field of inquiry was that of power systems working to control and monitor individuals, was massively interested in the process of punishment and how it evolved over time on the basis of power play in the society. This essay seeks to explore Foucault’s examination of the history of punishment, the changes that the penal system went through, the advantages and disadvantages that came with these changes and how…