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upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

by Eastern religions. A "Master" discerns the attainment of religious enlightenment in his novices according to how a novice beh...

unusual for a theologian (St. Thomas Aquinas, 2002). Aquinas made many significant contributions to philosophy and specifically i...

true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...

contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...

lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...

ability to allow us the opportunity to interpret the rational through the concrete forms presented in art. Hegel believed that ...

the solider represents the state and the people are merely innocent bystanders. At the same time, during a draft, one could also a...

This paper will also analyze whether Tacitus was correct in his belief that judiciary freedom was ruined in the presence of the em...

that anyone of Jewish descent or faith were in terrible danger, yet they chose to stay, hoping that it would go away, or that God ...

Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Mill.htm). An advocate of this particular perspective, "Popper thought that both Mill and Comte were wrong...

been described as "hands across the color line" (Quarles 146), or a belie that, "In all things that are purely social we can be as...

and rely on previous works and historical documents to formulate a guideline. Since the publication of the entire 90 volumes of wo...

well for nearly a century. There appears to be no need for the company to change many of its organizational structures now that it...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

the capitalist system which emphasizes individuality over community and competition over cooperation. Areas that were once ...

(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...

it was necessary to develop an account of human nature....

being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

such morality, we render ourselves essentially useless. In other words, Lachs contends that it is one thing to expound about the ...

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...

Nerdinger (1999) states that the fact that the Workers Club was modeled on the Doges Palace in Venice -- "albeit with Doris column...

a natural and interactive manner, while at the same time working toward prevention. While the Medical Association has typically h...

of moral responsibility, freedom of action, individual effort and aspiration" (Frost, 1962, p. 50). While a pure empiricist wou...