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Some Kind of Paradise by Mark Derr, Ethics and Nature

Derr reveals how human settlement from prehistoric times to the eras of European colonization have used and abused the land to ach...

Freedom and Nature of Man According to Thomas Hobbes

of life or meant literally in respect to wealth. No matter how one interprets the sentiment, it seems that life is not good accord...

Jean Jacques Rousseau on Man's Nature

no laws against theft, a pauper might think that he had the right to take riches from other people simply to level the playing fie...

Conflict Between Nature and Man

character conflict with nature. The character is a young woman who is on a camping trip with her family. This immediately puts t...

'Nature' by Ralph Waldo Emerson

my eyes,) which nature cannot repair" (Emerson). In this he clearly envisions nature as an entity that can fix all mans problems,...

Human Nature According to Saint Augustine and Plato

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

Nurture or Nature in the Intelligence Debate

generalist view intelligence as some sort of innate capability, a capability which is determined by some particular factor which i...

Three Short Stories and the Nature of Love

this relationship, which is entails infidelity and, therefore, mistrust and lies. Similarly, miscommunication and infidelity pla...

Justice and Its Dual Nature

of the state. With Aristotle, Western concepts of justice began to diverge from this conception of justice, as Aristotle divided j...

Western History and the Divine Nature of God

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

Hobbes and Machiavelli on Human Nature

In ten pages this essay considers human nature from the perspectives of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli. Two sources are ci...

Human Nature and Jean Paul Sartre's Existentialism

In five pages this paper discusses human nature within the context of Sartre's existentialism in a consideration of the contradict...

Explaining the Difference in Human Nature Theories of Saint Augustine and Plato

important characteristics of Platos concept revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People have the power to control t...

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper and Nature

introspection, but rather a view that seems to only see the nature around him as something of a frightening hindrance to his missi...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Crimes Against Nature

chapter he begins with the "Mess in Texas" which is the home state of Bush. He states, "According to the Texas Commission on Envir...

First Four Chapters of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the Nature versus Nurture Debate

child, the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by Heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in the...

Reviewing Feminism's Evolutionary Nature

until the womens liberation movement of the 1960s. As women focused on greater political, social, and economic equality, however,...

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Human Nature and Society

This paper examines how the human concept of virtue and its pursuit influence human nature and society within the context of the t...

Nature of Evil in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper discusses the theme of evil within the context of this short story by Shirley Jackson. There are no othe...

Huckleberry Finn's Good Nature

In five pages this paper discusses Huckleberry Finn's 'good nature' in a consideration of Mark Twain's view that a 'deformed consc...

Feminine Nature and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me" ...

The nature of Gabriele in Thomas Mann's Tristan

merchant, different than an efficient plumber, or an efficient gardener? One thing would be that he is used to getting the "mos...

Reading the Book of Nature by Peter Kosso and Science

In five pages this paper examines if truth is generated by science in this analysis of Peter Kosso's text. Four sources are cited...

Human Nature and Karl Marx's 'The Communist Manifesto'

In five pages this paper examines historical materialism and alienation within the context of 'The Communist Manifesto' and argues...

God's All Powerful and Singular Nature

In five pages this paper examines that the several biblical references to more than one divine entity do not in any way alter the ...

Human Nature According to Thomas Hobbes and Hsun Tzu

In eight pages this paper discusses man's social role within the contexts of Hsun Tzu and Thomas Hobbes. Six sources are cited in...

The Global Nature of Racism

This research paper examines racism, taking a global perspective and arguing that this is a pervasive problem that can be found an...

People, Human Nature And The Organizational World Basic Assumptions

in the organizational environment is a rather simple equation that is one of the most challenging objectives to reach when basic a...

Literature and the Epic Nature of "The Iliad" by Homer and "Gilgamesh"

of the gods in these works appears to be more focused on generating chaos than introducing peace and tranquility to the universe. ...

The Debate Concerning Nature Versus Nurture

On the other hand, it is also true that genetics do play a part and this is something that has come up in recent years. That is, r...