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In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...

philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

came replete with very definite opinions on the war and the factors behind it which interlaced the everyday lives of both the comm...

were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on his off hour...

address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...

individual who naturally believes in true equality and empowerment across the entire population. The reasons it becomes so confusi...

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

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

that the morality of choice is based on the greater good. The saying, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" arise...

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

between the patient and physician (technology, caring and values) are always present but may differ in balance. In addition, the r...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

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

In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...

that created a chasm between the haves and the "have nots." With people working for the government, and each getting an equal stip...

power in the federal government, the North did not directly address these issues. There were no talks. There were no debates. Ther...

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...

gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...

for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...

This research paper examines Kant's philosophy of transcendental deduction, with a specific focus on the transcendental unity of a...

This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...

their anxiety in significantly negative ways. Diversity in the type of sport is yet another critical consideration when it comes ...

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...