Essays 2191 - 2220
In fourteen pages this paper examines Socrates in an overview of his life and philosophical views regarding law, religion, reason ...
In twelve pages reincarnation is conceptually defined and then examined from philosophical and religious perspectives. There are ...
In five pages this paper applies the philosophical concepts of these thinkers to the works of performing artist Sinead O'Connor. ...
But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...
have an otherwise broad range and potentiality; however, these aspects were often squelched by a need for systematic control. ...
the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...
what is real and what is perceived, and the one is not dependent on the other. Naturalism states that it is the laws of nature whi...
did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...
belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...
fine, but teaching them what counts is best." This quote, which includes a clever play on words, suggests a very practical approac...
humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...
considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...
lived in a society where multifetal pregnancy reduction was a socially acceptable alternative to the numerous fetuses produced by ...
and their duty, and allowing them to share the advantages of education and government with man," which Wollstonecraft indicates wi...
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...
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...
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 ...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
In twenty pages this paper examines Great Britain's post compulsory education from political, cultural, and socioeconomic perspect...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...