Essays 511 - 540
In nine pages discourse analysis in terms of speech act theory 'performative utterance' is examined with the major philosophies of...
of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...
of growing social concerns. As such, the impact and theories developed about human development and growth, as well as the learning...
the media of the time (i.e. television and movies), as well as the impact of various frames of "official" reference such as census...
2001). In addition to a belief in nothing, nihilists often have an impulse to destroy perhaps anything that is based on a belief s...
patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...
On five pages this report considers Locke's subdivision of human ideas into relations, modes, and substances within the context of...
In five pages this paper contrasts the contemporary philosophies regarding U.S. race relations between Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. ...
In eight pages the issues considered in Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life by Sommers and Sommers are discussed as they relate to al...
In two pages this report examines the Empiricism characterized by the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the rationa...
This paper offers summary, contrasts, comparisons, and weakness analyses of these ethical philosophies. No additional sources are...
to consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that th...
In six pages this paper examines how human interaction study can apply Michel Foucault's philosophies of knowledge and power as il...
This paper contains five pages and discusses the similarities and differences between Marx's theory of the law of value, Mill's gr...
In seven pages cloning is examined from an ethical perspective with supporting utilitarian and Kantian philosophies presented. Se...
his letter to Men?ceus. In it, he tells Men?ceus that it "is right then for a man to consider the things which produce happiness,...
This research paper examines eight questions that pertain to issues concerning economic philosophy. The topics addressed include t...
Durkheim believed that although society had come a long way in its progression, there was still a great deal of room for improveme...
the baby chick, that shortly after it hatches makes a few stabs for food, as in beak-eye coordination. Masters that concept and b...
In five pages deviance in society is examined in a discussion of the labeling theory along with the philosophies of Emile Durkheim...
that political power was a corrupting influence which would negate even the best ethical intentions of individuals granted too muc...
a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
of poetry, since it is the expression of imagination that allows for emotional comprehension. Introduction Imagination i...
in front of me and a keyboard at my fingers. Is the movement of my fingers real as I type these words? The possibility that perh...
study, many infants actually died as a result because the women could not properly store the man-made food. Here, the moral dile...
perhaps even more interesting, is that he managed to connect to everyone. His stories and parables could be understood on the mos...
Chief among notable theologians to undertake study of this matter is Jurgen Moltmann, and his philosophy is often referred to as t...
us are perhaps afraid to pursue the thing that would make us the most happy but is likely to also be the most risky. We may fear ...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...