Essays 301 - 330
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...
"the agent ought to promote the self above other values" (Moseley, 2006). This is not as ugly as it sounds: it goes all the way ba...
morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...
can help to guide the decision making and create a firm foundations that will help to ensure that the outcomes are the best possib...
one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...
tendencies within society and the fact that people are far too concerned with their own well being to fend for those who cannot fe...
and Cavaliers differ somewhat from those that are associated with Europe. What we most often remember in America is the differenc...
Many contend that while God is all good, man has free will and brings the suffering on himself. At the same time, animals cannot r...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
the idea that there are reasons for implementing law beyond the idea of just maintaining law and order. Other supporters of positi...
Sisyphus himself perceives his condition....
Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...
was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...
exist myriad philosophies by which people live their lives, which help maintain order and a sense of direction that otherwise woul...
II. Facts of the Case The case in question was presented to Lord Justice Ward, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Robert Wal...
past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...
lie to the police, and fabricate "evidence," in order to protect her daughter from possible harm? Or, should she allow her daughte...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...
does not love and who is better than twenty years older than her. Then, his son goes into the future son-in-laws bank and manages ...
have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
(Amin, 1997; p. 8). In many ways we experience, and have experienced, growth of cultures through diversity, which provides us ...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
are the natural order of things. Are there coincidences, or do no coincidences exist? Much again, has to do with how a person perc...
is anguish all the time, but there is also a sense of joy at the realization that one is inextricably bound with another. This sen...