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the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

behind such behavior it simply cannot be condoned, inasmuch as society cannot be defined as a scientific expression when it routin...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...

not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...

of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...

will; summation of all applicable elements will likely lead one to conclude that determinism played a significant and essential ro...

hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...

support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

who think that they are worthy of great things, but they are really unworthy of them, and that is pure vanity (PG). He goes on t...

therefore the foundation for human behavior and motivation. Expressivism as a moral philosophy is however flawed, as are m...

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

and other shows have introduced a world of learning to toddlers and the preschool set. There are educational shows for adults and ...

in the right way. In order to do this, however, one must be able to determine, using ones reason, what those right ways and right ...

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...

and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...

plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

any era. Certainly today there is ordinary life and political life. One can see the difference in lives between politicians?whose ...

deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...