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the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...
what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...
humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...
In ten pages this paper discusses goodness through the concepts of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant and discusses how in assista...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...
In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...
to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...
beautiful. However, how can one make such judgments without purpose? Why is something wrong? If there is no purpose to life no one...
words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...
with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...
circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...
The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...
Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...
the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...
one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...
the realm of reality as researchers in the United Kingdom produced a cloned sheep and others at the University of Tennessee cloned...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
other ends. Such an end might already exist, or might be something which the actor strives to bring about by his actions. In 4:428...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...
of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...
after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...
chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...