Essays 331 - 360
"hoppers" and "superpredators" (Wagner, 2001). And during one week in California, youth committed heinous crimes including one 15-...
He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeare...
is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...
political ends, one should do so through peace and peaceful activism, and not through violence. There were many other philosophica...
anti-discrimination legal issues and laws, equal rights protection, and the newer "discipline" of modern and critical race theory....
with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...
action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...
2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; so...
and nurses often object to actively participating in active euthanasia on the basis of their professional codes which explicitly p...
keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...
the ability to learn nursings technical complexities and already have full command of ethical values to the point that the can act...
In eight pages this paper analyzes global and domestic terrorism from the perspective of the United States in a consideration of p...
Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...
Indeed, one might readily surmise that Plato believed man was a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our igno...
is characterized in a particular way; Sartre argues that "conflict is the original meaning of being-for- others." (Baron, 2002, PG...
what the concept of rights truly meant to the populace as a whole, with his general consensus reflecting the respect for and appre...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
to living their lives at the mercy of their rulers. The vote for colonial democracy was a vote for the freedoms that are intrinsi...
social order and how it was best managed. The founder of this school of though; Confucius, also known as Kong Zi or Master Kong, l...
2002). It is the dominant religion in India and Nepal Dating back to prehistoric times, it is no surprise that Hinduism has had a...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
trade. Barbaric pursuits held no interest, and the Chinese certainly knew their medicine and culture were vastly superior. ...
worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
that she was much more responsive and seemed to be improving. Still not fully conscious, at times she would be able to "communica...
our understanding of language, democracy, the individual (self), within both the public and private spheres. Rorty notes, for exa...
to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...