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The Philosophies of David Hume and Rene Descartes Applied to the Abortion Issue

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

Hume's Ideas about the Distinct and Continued Existence of Objects

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...

Hume's Concept of Utility

may volunteer to go door to door to collect money for charity. Each makes use of leisure time. Yet, one might attach the actions o...

Principle of Radical Empiricism and David Hume

with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...

Hypocritical Title of the 'Scottish Enlightenment'

In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...

Edward Humes' 'No Matter How Loud I Shout : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court'

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

Attack on Plotinus, Artistotle, Plato, and Presocratics by David Hume

of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

Justice Rules and David Hume

In five pages this report assesses David Hume's attitudes regarding jusice and examines why he labels it as an artificial virtue b...

David Hume and His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

Free Will, Determinism, and David Hume

In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...

David Hume's Epistemology

you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...

Evil, God, and David Hume

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume

In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

Reason According to Descartes and Hume

This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...

Knowledge of the World Theory of David Hume

In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...

Knowledge of the World as Perceived by David Hume

In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...

Causal Relationships and David Hume's Critique

In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...

John Hume's Public Administration Achievement

The career and personal background of Nobel Peace prize winner and Northern Ireland politician John Hume are presented in this six...

David Hume's Philosophical Arguments on the Global Presence of Evil

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

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...

David Hume's Critique of Rene Descartes' Existence of God 'Proof'

In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...

Evil in Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of Gods existence and the problem of evil, the journey of understanding...

Virtue and the Good Life According to the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

so morality, for Aristotle is defined by mans choices towards ethical virtue (1098a16). In Book II of "Nicomachean Ethics," Ari...

Virtuous Action and Acting Virtuously in Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

In five pages the question 'How does acting virtuously increase one's capacity to act virtuously?' is examined within the context ...

Society and the Ethics of Aristotle

In five pages Aristotle's contentions regarding overcoming self interests in human nature are examines within the context that acc...

Ethics and Aristotle

The ethical theory of Aristotle is examined in this combination essay and research paper that consists of seven pages and includes...

Theorists Barry Glassner and Antonio Gramschi

there should be working class intellectuals, and that one way that these workers allowed themselves to be controlled was by not as...

Examining Business Ethics

favorable opinion and thereby preserve the market capitalization available to them through stock market activity. Positive ...

Personal Ethics Development

his relationship with God (Smith, 2001). Based on this description and my own upbringing and early training, my own decisions re...

Police Ethics

for an ethical faux pas. That is, if someone errs by brutalizing another human being, even if they are technically correct in resp...