Essays 1471 - 1500
that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...
is contrasted with "conservative" or "right-wing" ideologies. Within the broader context of political theory. "liberalism" has a d...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...
the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....
The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...
of her idiots began passing the same exams as non-retarded children, she started to question the effectiveness of the conventional...
and the production of goods and services enhanced, Greenspan contends that the first step in stimulating our economy should be to ...
We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...
reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
from disease to non-disease to health. She argues that "This synthesized view incorporates disease as meaningful aspect of health...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
their social philosophies interact with Austens novel. Sense and Sensibility "In an age which extolled the virtues of expressi...
It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...