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lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...
most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...
world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...
standing and he is awarded a full scholarship to a prestigious black college. This of course doesnt last long, as through a serie...
from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...
that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...
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, ...
her actions as an individual and as a member of the military? Or is there a different moral principle at play? Only Hester can say...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...
Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...
constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...
In six pages this paper discusses how Patrick Geddes' philosophies revolutionized urban planning by emphasizing nature. Five sour...
In five pages this paper discusses the Montessori educational method in a comparative analysis with Mill's, Hegel's, and Marx's ph...
Whether to produce goods and services in-house or to outsource them is a major decision for a company eyeing its profitability. Th...
In eight pages this paper discusses reconstructionism, progressivism, essentialism, and perennialism philosophical approaches to p...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...
In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...
further support would be shown for the concept as not only are the immunizations used to insure health for the greater number of p...
In four pages John Stuart Mill's views on why philosophy was 'done' by Socrates are examined in a consideration of the ancient Gre...
In eight pages an imaginary symposium discusses the dichotomies of the individual versus society, passion versus reason and featur...
and that it matters little whether the person filling that office can be moral or has any acceptable level of personal integrity, ...