Essays 2641 - 2670
constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...
in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
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...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
place in time. The point Ferguson goes on to make is that it is important to also consider the ways in which social attitudes and ...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
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...
must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...
It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...
an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...
In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...
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...
believed that everything we had heard to the contrary from the Martin Luther Kings and the Roy Wilkinses and the Whiteny Youngs wa...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...
did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
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...
what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...
This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...
In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which...
Rosenzweig began to struggle with his beliefs regarding Judaism as a young adult. He serious...