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and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

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...

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

trade. Barbaric pursuits held no interest, and the Chinese certainly knew their medicine and culture were vastly superior. ...

to living their lives at the mercy of their rulers. The vote for colonial democracy was a vote for the freedoms that are intrinsi...

keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...

social order and how it was best managed. The founder of this school of though; Confucius, also known as Kong Zi or Master Kong, l...

2002). It is the dominant religion in India and Nepal Dating back to prehistoric times, it is no surprise that Hinduism has had a...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeare...

the fetus. Pro-choice individuals often argue that the fetus is nothing more than a part of the womans body, with no more signific...

action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...

and nurses often object to actively participating in active euthanasia on the basis of their professional codes which explicitly p...

with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...

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

"hoppers" and "superpredators" (Wagner, 2001). And during one week in California, youth committed heinous crimes including one 15-...

it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...

conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...

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

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...

certainty. I might as well take a shower. I hurried, in an effort to at least reduce the amount of time I would walk into the door...

morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...

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

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...

Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...

consider that if an entity, such as a nation, is to grow and become prosperous there will be enemies and as such perhaps war is es...