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Ontological Argument on God's Existence by Rene Descartes

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

Argument in Favor of Stem Cell Research Legalization

Where the governmentally funded research companies are now stalled while the debate rages, privatized groups sponsored by large co...

Cogito Argument of Rene Descartes

"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

Hume, Kant, and Descartes' Teleological, Ontological, and Cosmological Arguments and God's Existence Criticisms

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

Arguments of John Stuart Mill in On Liberty

that appraisal in terms of wrong, immoral, or wicked is appropriate: only in this area that deterrence and retribution as they ope...

An Analyogin in the Abortion Argument Prsented in 'People-Seeds'

to to prevent it. She utilizes the analogy of fine-meshed screened windows to suggests birth control measures utilized by those t...

St. Anselm's Ontological Argument from Philosophical Perspectives

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

Argument in Favor of Increasing Veteran's Benefits

sacrifices their lives for their country, then the country should take care of their families. Of course, efforts like Hannitys an...

Argument: It is Unfair to Cut Veterans' Benefits

crackdown on veterans is the ballooning deficit, which is growing daily as the war in Iraq continues. Ironically, it is the veter...

Same Sex Marriage Argument

individual has many different rights, and they have the right to pursue their own well being, their own dreams, their own style of...

Compatibilism Supporting Arguments

then free will itself is not possible (Bass, 2002). This does not relate to the argument of the implausibility of free will and d...

Rene Descartes' 'Dreaming Argument' in Meditations

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

Death Penalty Argument

that the death penalty is not a deterrent against crimes when the death penalty is in place. One author, in fact, states that hom...

Book IX in 'The Iliad' by Homer and Arguments of Ajax, Phoenix, and Odysseus

this late hour / To save our army from these howling Trojans. / Think of yourself, of the regret you will feel / For harm that wil...

Argument Opposing the Flat Tax

In five pages this paper argues that the flat tax would be unfair to impoverished individuals and would furthermore be damaging to...

Argument in Favor of Affirmative Action

This paper consists of eight pages and considers what Affirmative Action is, the need for its creation, and why it is a program th...

Arguments Regarding Capital Punishment

In five pages capital punishment is examined in terms of pro and con arguments with no conclusions drawn. Seven sources are cited...

God's Existence and the Argument of Saint Anselm

In five pages the eleventh century argument of Anselm regarding God's existence is examined as presented in Monologium. One sourc...

Argument by David M. Halperin 'There Has Only Been 100 Years of Homosexuality' Assessed

nineteenth century, there could not have existed criteria such as homosexuality or heterosexuality. Halperin contended that back ...

Argument: It is Time to Change Visual Flight Rules

This 10 page paper argues that investigations of airplane crashes can be impeded by current VFR regulations. The crash of JFK Jr. ...

Argument That Happiness Cannot Be Purchased with Money

he made suggestions that half of all consumption is wasteful (Lebergott as cited in Stabile 685). Veblen had good company as Adam...

An Argument in Favor of Right Side Steering Wheels for Americans

In a paper that contains five pages the benefits of a steering wheeel positioned on the right side for Americans is made and inclu...

A Pro Euthanasia Argument

In an essay consisting of five pages the active and passive forms of euthanasia are discussed along with pros and cons to the prac...

The Arguments on the 'Nonreality' of Artificial Intelligence

convincingly pass for human (28). He further projected that in about fifty years, it would be possible to have computers play an i...

Animal Testing Opposition Argument

In a paper consisting of six pages the arguments against animal experimentation are presented from an animal rights' perspective. ...

The Arguments For and Against E-Commerce and Internet Trading

Written as a report to a company's CEO, this paper argues that involvement in E-Commerce is a sound business decision. This sixte...

Philosophical Arguments of Lucretius

eye can see as opposed to mere speculation about what might be. Of course, objections would be other theories that for example God...

Arguments in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

In eight pages this paper discusses the arguments Mill presented in this text and considers contemporary drug legalization within ...

Insurance Coverage for Alternative Health Care Argument

This is an argumentative essay composed of five pages that disputes contentions that alternative health care represents quackery a...

Capital Punishment Argument

In five pages this paper defends the practice of capital punishment for certain instances and discusses it as a serious crime dete...