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Essays 511 - 540
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...
certainty. I might as well take a shower. I hurried, in an effort to at least reduce the amount of time I would walk into the door...
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...
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 ...
2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; so...
action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...
keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...
social order and how it was best managed. The founder of this school of though; Confucius, also known as Kong Zi or Master Kong, l...
2002). It is the dominant religion in India and Nepal Dating back to prehistoric times, it is no surprise that Hinduism has had a...
the fetus. Pro-choice individuals often argue that the fetus is nothing more than a part of the womans body, with no more signific...
anti-discrimination legal issues and laws, equal rights protection, and the newer "discipline" of modern and critical race theory....
with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...
is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...
that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...
"hoppers" and "superpredators" (Wagner, 2001). And during one week in California, youth committed heinous crimes including one 15-...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
political ends, one should do so through peace and peaceful activism, and not through violence. There were many other philosophica...
the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...
Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...
He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...
How evil evolved in Christian beliefs is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages and how evil has changed in terms of soci...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
In seven pages the texts Eternal Life? Life After Death As a Medical, Philosophical, and Theological Problem by Hans Hung and The...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
and Anaximenes (Is Philosophy Possible?). However, there were a great many others who contributed to the mainstream of postulate...
In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...