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Essays 1831 - 1860

The Suffering of Anorexia

In seven pages the eating disorder known as anorexia is interpreted as a kind of suffering in terms of its characteristics as a so...

Elgin Marbles' Fight Between Great Britain and Greece

In five pages this paper examines the arguments on both sides regarding this fight for the marbles in a consideration of whether o...

4 Questions on the History of Psychology

In five pages this paper examines psychology and its history in a consideration of four questions pertaining to the ideas of Erik ...

The Strengths of African American Families

7 pages ad 4 sources. This paper outlines the basic principles presented in Robert Bernard Hill's The Strengths of African Americ...

Sweetness and Power by Sidney W. Mintz

wasteful person whose primary focus was to attain as much of a given commodity whether he actually needed it or not. The economic...

Two View of Justice Based Ethical Systems

Five (Tong and Williams, 2009). She objects to the traditional conclusion that women are not as morally developed, on the whole, a...

G.W. Leibniz's Theory of Monads

This paper addresses Leibniz's Monad theory of a harmonious universe, constructed of infinite monads (units), ascending to the Sup...

Questioning the Existence of God

from the known. Unless God is already known, logic is of no use. Having discredited all rational arguments for and against the ex...

Defending God's Existence Philosophically

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

God and Nature According to Baruch Spinoza

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

Miracles and David Hume

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

Philospher David Hume

In five pages David Hume's contention that there is no God is countered by an opposing argument. Two sources are cited in the bib...

Immanuel Kant's Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals and David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...

Hume and Descartes Compared and Contrasted

This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of these two philosophers. Linear deductive reasoning is examined along with...

'Self' and Existence

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

'Notion of Truth' According to Wittgenstein and Plato's 'Theory of Forms'

understand each of these elements through sensation, he finds himself challenged by the mutability of everything that exists: not...

Toward an Old Testament Theology by Walter Kaiser

An overview of the arguments the author makes in Toward and Old Testament Theology is assessed in terms of its strengths and weakn...

Contemporary Society and Catholicism

In six pages contemporary Catholicism is examined in terms of typical arguments and the implications of them upon the Church's pro...

Women and Their Religious Ordination

take pleasure in the marital act; that killing infidels was a way to salvation; that taking interest on a loan was forbidden; that...

Comparative Analysis of the Philosophical Views of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...

Sam Harris/End of Faith

coached in terms that refer to economics or politics, with faith itself "always, and everywhere, exonerated" (13). He castigates t...

Is an IT Strategy Focused On Maintaining Cutting-Edge Technology the Most Effective Way to Support Any Kind of Overall Business?

business strategies (Deloitte Consulting, 2004). The problem is that although there may be benefits of IT gaining alignment...

DON'T ASK DON'T TELL AND IMPACT ON MILITARY RECRUITMENT

(Herek, 2008). As a result, by 1992, the Government Accounting Office pointed out that close to 17,000 men and women were discharg...

God’s Existence: Craig, Socrates, and Nietzsche

if they were not a part of society then it would be obvious that God did not exist. In relationship to what other philosophers fro...

Habermas: Universality Of Linguistic Understanding

and aesthetic projects of resistance and revolution, recooperation and universalism all played an integral role within the ultimat...

Toulmin Analysis of an Ad

having a "remarkable concentration of antioxidants including twice as many antioxidants as blueberries..." ("Quick-Loss AcaiBurn"...

Media Violence Influences Teen Violence

the radar," so to speak of most parents as research indicates that once children reach high school, parents rarely check the ratin...

The Death Penalty

and Pojman quotes Kant at length in stating: "There is no similarity between life, however wretched it may be, and death, hence ...

The Necessity for and Effectiveness of Affirmative Action

to hire or admit the best candidates" (Wickelgren 165). Race is still a relevant factor even if the organization knows the "econom...

Marriage of the Same Sex

and even to couples who remain celibate within marriage. The multiple exceptions listed effectively refute the power of this argu...