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In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...
donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...
In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...
In a paper that contains four pages Aristotle's logic and employment of syllogism are heralded as being not only philosophically b...
In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...
In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...
for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...
a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...
actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...
philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
the context of a modern society. Certainly, today Maimonides instruction to beat wives who neglect their wifely "duties" would not...
hearts of those he represented. It was Strauss ongoing quest to delve into the deepest recesses of German intellectuals and polit...
In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...
universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...
In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...
In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...
In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...