Essays 421 - 450
when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...
but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...
This essay offers evaluation of how conceptualization of the self changed over the centuries, using the works of Vergil, Hobbes an...
that the country is not involved in delivering evil to others but if it is, it is the government officials who are doing so and by...
The paper traces the development of motivation theory, looking at the different ideas that have emerged including the impact of sc...
that the tendency to engage in wars is a human invention, and that the inevitable result of innate human tendencies or instincts. ...
Freedom is cherished the world over. Not all that cherish freedom, however, actually have it. Unfortunately, there is often an i...
seem to discuss how she is a gift perhaps, sent from some higher power. This would indicate that she is perhaps thought to be beau...
and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...
property, and divine or eternal laws (Gasser, 2007). They did not necessarily agree but they both offered views on what we can ref...
experiential knowledge is correct? David Humes ideas about knowledge are very powerful. He held that people acquire beliefs about ...
awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...
of Education, which occurred a month after his death. Locke is considered to be an intellectual. He had no illusions about color...
In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...
In six pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment of the 19th century in terms of how Jefferson, Paine, Smith, Rousseau, and Loc...
In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...
In five pages this text is examined in a discussion of enlightenment philosophy as represented by Rousseau, Hume, and Locke. Ther...
In five pages this paper examines the Age of Enlightenment, such events as the Industrial and French Revolutions, and the impacts ...
out to apply the critical method to the problem of government in The Spirit of Laws (1748). The result was a complex comparative s...
In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...
In five pages this paper examines The Matrix and Blade Runner films in a discussion of how the philosophical concepts of Berkeley ...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
There was literature and a recording of history (GCSE UK, 2002). There was a set of laws that amounted to social policies and defi...
existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...
He questioned the assumption that the will of the majority is always the correct one, and he argued that the goal of government sh...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of Locke and Berkeley featured in The Matrix film as they pertain to the mater...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
This paper examines human society organization in this overview of social institutions, pluralism and elitism differences, case an...
In seven pages this paper discusses private property in a discussion of social contract theory, the views of Rousseau, Hobbes, and...