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Acts of Violence and Hamlet

This essay presents the arguments that Hamlet had to be under the influence of intense emotion in order to overcome his indecision...

Hero's Cycle and Lord of the Flies

This essay presents the argument that in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the character of Simon is congruent with Joseph Camp...

'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...

Can IKEA Remain Successfully Expand into New Markets?

et al, 2011, p261). The consumer is part producer, as they do not go to a traditional furniture store to purchase the goods, but t...

Firoozeh Dumas' "Sweet, Sour, and Resentful"

example, the author describes how her mother always shopped for fresh ingredients, and prepared fresh herbs, such as "parsley, cil...

Teaching Creationism in Public Schools

ostensibly in the interest of superior scientific education (Boston, 2011). Often, these bills have been packaged with initiatives...

"Dr. Glass-Case" by De Cervantes

Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...

"Some Moral Minima" by Lenn Goodman

Goodman presents challenges to relativism, which is the view that morality is relative and that ethical truths are dependent on th...

A Critique of Imperialism, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

of human achievement, both intellectually and morally. This attitude is inherent in Heart of Darkness when Conrad describes the id...

Xunzi and Western Logic

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the works of Xunzi. Logical arguments presented in his writings are analyzed. Paper...

The Conflict between Socialism and Capitalism

It has been argued that the practice if growth and wealth creation cannot be undertaken at the same time as the redistribution of ...

Article Analysis, Value of Power Walking

This essay analyzes the arguments offered in an article on power walking. Three pages in length, the article itself is the only so...

The Nature of Happiness and Boethius

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at Boethius' views of happiness. Arguments for and against are made. Paper uses one sou...

Role in Civil Rights Movement, To Kill a Mockingbird

This essay utilizes literature to put forth the argument that Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, both the novel and the film adap...

Should Women be Ministers

This paper includes an introduction, historical section, Biblical section, theological section. and action step section in the dis...

Pharmaceutical Companies and Their Moral Obligation

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at the moral obligations of pharmaceutical companies. Philosophical arguments are made t...

Two Views on War: Tennyson, Owen

This essay presents the argument that "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Deco...

The Reaffirmation of the Voters' Rights Act

The argument is presented that the continued prejudice that exists in the US has necessitated continued federal regulation at the ...

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...

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...