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power to enforce decisions (Lloyd, 2002). Hobbes also believed that an absolute monarchy was prefereable to other forms of govern...

the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...

With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...

divided into public and private rights. Then the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctri...

fact, it seems that both are taking the noble road and one wonders why anyone would succumb to the pressure of signing a paper tha...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

the difference between being able to browse in a bookstore, with no restraint, and being told what one can read or say or think. ...

In five pages this paper consides how films reflect some type of philosophy and the example of the 2000 film staring Sean Connery ...

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

to what is art often comes up. Can the medium, or materials used-be it urine or elephant dung which modern artists have been known...

In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...

Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...

not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...

according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...

past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

knowledge and that the tabula rasa hypothesis is a bit outdated, but he rarely goes beyond that. Some seek to validate the...

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

In five pages this paper examines the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes in a comparison of their social contract th...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau in a consideration of community and ...

This paper consists of five pages and applies the moral imperative of Immanuel Kant to the concept of sexuality. Four sources are...

In seven pages this research paper examines the ethical theory of Immanuel Kant in a consideration of his lying stance. Four sour...

In 5 pages this paper examines the universal morality philosophy of Immanuel Kant and how it can be applied to daily life. One sou...

In six pages this paper discusses causation and knowledge in a consideration of the differences between the philosophies of David ...

In five pages the Critique of Judgment by Immanuel Kant is discussed in a consideration of the philosopher's sublime concept. Fou...

In ten pages this essay considers human nature from the perspectives of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli. Two sources are ci...

In five pages this paper discusses happiness and virtue as these concepts relate to Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. Three...