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Essays 1681 - 1710

God's Existence 'First Cause' Argument Invalidation

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...

Philosophers Compared

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

Literature and Philosophical Themes

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

Philosophical Argument on Morally Justifiable Violence and Political Oppression

In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...

Examining Suicide from a Fresh Perspective

suicide ideation is often aligned with a lack of clear thinking. Thus, suicide should not be prohibited or encouraged, but rather ...

Carl L. Becker's Rejection of Popular Eighteenth-Century Philosophers

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

Cartesian Rationalism from a Critical Viewpoint

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

The Problem with Trope Theory

one could say that what if one collects a number of red apples, but they are all different kinds. There are Macintosh, red Delicio...

A Philosophical Look at Animal Testing

if cats and dogs and other animals are pets and viewed as members of the family, how can people experiment on them and then put th...

Ideas about Peace and War

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

The Extent to Which Assumptions are Used in the Decision Making Process

wet because a toddler had an "accident" or there is blood everywhere because someone was murdered. Clearly, the bed might have bee...

Self Through the Ages

This essay offers evaluation of how conceptualization of the self changed over the centuries, using the works of Vergil, Hobbes an...

The Theory Of Motivation

The paper traces the development of motivation theory, looking at the different ideas that have emerged including the impact of sc...

What is Patriotism

that the country is not involved in delivering evil to others but if it is, it is the government officials who are doing so and by...

Mead on Warfare

that the tendency to engage in wars is a human invention, and that the inevitable result of innate human tendencies or instincts. ...

The Psychology of Human Behavior

Freedom is cherished the world over. Not all that cherish freedom, however, actually have it. Unfortunately, there is often an i...

Property from a Philosophical Perspective

but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...

Locke And Rousseau: Differences And Similarities Of Origin And Political Significance Of Private Property

He questioned the assumption that the will of the majority is always the correct one, and he argued that the goal of government sh...

Let The Nations Be Glad! & Paradigms In Conflict

faith" (2 Timothy 4:7). And, Paul told Timothy: "Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life . . . ." (1 Timo...

Different Thoughts About Capitalism

property, and divine or eternal laws (Gasser, 2007). They did not necessarily agree but they both offered views on what we can ref...

Communication in Marley and Me

human relationship building" are crucial to the goal of "developing the social competence" that nurses require in order to fulfill...

Justice and Self Interest Philosophies

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

Social Order and Humanity

speech offers a concise picture of the Athenian perspective on government, the social order and the citizens role in that order. H...

Krickett Carpenter Case and Its Implications

lost his or her memory, only to meet up with the same people again? There are unusual stories about coincidences and how people wi...

Memo to Hillary Clinton

they do not live in fear of violating the "separation of church and state" doctrine that is really a fallacy. The government is si...

Enlightenment Philosophy and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...

Society and Individuals

There was literature and a recording of history (GCSE UK, 2002). There was a set of laws that amounted to social policies and defi...

The Harlem Renaissance and the Literature of Black America

of Education, which occurred a month after his death. Locke is considered to be an intellectual. He had no illusions about color...

Psychology and Its Philosophical Foundations

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...