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

In five pages this paper examines what it means 'to be' in a consideration of the philosophical debate on existence between Aristo...

are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...

the civilization that had sprung up, flourished for centuries, and now stood on the brink of massive change in his native land of ...

Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...

ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...

In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...

This paper discusses Richard Kraut's commentary on the intellectual elitism of Aristotle an defines virtue in this overview of Ari...

In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...

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

that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...

2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; so...

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

to heart disease and diabetes (Webster, 1999). Thanks to biogenetics, in fact, researchers can grow human cells in the laboratory ...

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...

view is that the appetite for wisdom is the most noble of the possible forces that can drive humanity, and as such, the one which ...

a fictitious narrative (Marenbon 40). His texts successfully incorporated quantitative and qualitative perspectives (Nasr and Raz...

distinguishes between the activities of the practical and intellectual virtues, with the activities of political virtue having a s...

the street ... must and will reflect our personal moral standards" (Reavley, 2001). Those moral standards, Reavley implies, must ...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

(Spinks, 2003). Spinks (2003) writes: "Nietzsches immoral philosophy seeks to overcome the reactive morality of good and evil impo...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

what is real and what is perceived, and the one is not dependent on the other. Naturalism states that it is the laws of nature whi...