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Crime Deterrence Through Harsher Punishment

these facts: * Homicide rates increased sharply beginning about 1965 or 1966. The number of executions plummeted from 47 in 1962 t...

Author's Philosophies in Candide by Voltaire

In two pages, 2 essays analyzing Candide by Voltaire focus on the author's philosophies regarding concepts such as fate and God. ...

Empirical and Rational Philosophies in Candide by Voltaire

This is a direct attack on Leibniz, who was regarded as a scholar in the fields of metaphysics, theology, and the cosmos. The phi...

The Matrix Film and Philosophies

In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of Locke and Berkeley featured in The Matrix film as they pertain to the mater...

Human Understanding According to David Hume

determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...

Industrial Pollution and Moral Philosophy

a toxic substance. When corporations repeatedly break the rules regarding environmental protection, it says in a very loud voice ...

The Sea Wolf by Jack London and Free Will

are intellectuals. There is an eclectic group and this sets the stage for many ideas to be broached. There are several external al...

Needs of Society and Individualism

the difference between being able to browse in a bookstore, with no restraint, and being told what one can read or say or think. ...

Epistemology and Descartes

might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...

911, the Media, and Ethics

In six pages the media coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is evaluated in terms of ethics and then applies the p...

Comparing Buddhism and Christianity

01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...

Metaphysics As a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

Drama And Philosophy in the Fifth Century BC Great Awakening in Greece

This five page paper explores the Great Awakening of 5th century BC Athens. Philosophy coupled with drama in the dissemination of ...

Philosophy of the Enlightenment in Candide by Voltaire

In five pages this paper discusses how the Enlightenment optimistic philosophy is represented by Voltaire in Candide. There are n...

Philosophy of Maria Montessori

In ten pages the educational philosophy of Dr. Montessori is examined. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Importance of Good in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

mean happiness, and he endeavored to prove the good for man by first considering what is perceived as being good, discussing its c...

Four Idols of Francis Bacon

In five pages the 17th century philosophy of Francis Bacon is examined within the context of 'four idols' and argues in favor of h...

Biology from Philosophical Perspectives

In contrast to the views of genic selectionists, then, developmental systems theory has been proposed as a way of incororating and...

Philosophical Theory, Causality, and Substance

said that one can easily recognize in an educated mind the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it; Aristotle taught t...

Moral Theories of Aristotle and John Stuart Mill

In five pages this paper discusses Aristotle and J.S. Mill in a contrast and comparison of their moral philosophies. Two sources ...

Abortion According to Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics

(Larue, 1998). This value determination was given a moral rationalization and basis through interpretations of scripture and relig...

Ancient Greece's Pre-Socratic Philosophy

In five pages this report discusses the pre Socratic ancient Greek philosophy of seventh century BC Ionia. Three sources are cite...

Morality According to Kant and Mill

In five pages this paper offers a comparative analysis of the moral philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Four sour...

The Humanities

is all very fine, but why bother to study him when we could be learning computers? Because studying the humanities gives us insigh...

Dorothea Dix, Pioneer of Nursing

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

Personal Philosophy for Counseling

to achieve real and positive change in their lives. When writing a personal essay based on this guide, the student should adapt ...

Evolution of Personal Philosophy of Nursing

the "inability to determine the meaning of illness-related events" (McCormick, 2002, p. 127). Furthermore, Chinn and Kramer (1999)...

Educational Philosophy

their place of origin or starting language capabilities. Multiculturalism is a component of my educational philosophy because it ...

American Telephone and Telegraph

subsidiary of American Bell, chartered to build and operate the original long distance telephone network" (A Brief history: Origin...

Portrait of a Teacher

example, the student may have difficulty finding information on a topic, the teacher guides the student in an Internet search, sho...