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

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...

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...

Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...

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

identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...

If we accept the premise, therefore, that science is capable of defining physiological death then we must ask ourselves how do we ...

He sought not to try to make people feel any better about themselves or the world in which they lived aside from empowering them t...

strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...

philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...

but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...

the post-Civil War period, which was one of unprecedented patronage for the arts from government and private sources, produced wor...

creation of Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. For some time now, as the student researching this topic may be aware...

corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...

done right and what potentially could go wrong, in the end one has to choose the model or models that most closely resemble ones o...

saying the above statement. The names change and the nature of the addiction changes with the substance, but the goal and reward ...

the reader into the oppressive world of slavery. Indeed, it was the authors desire to bring attention to the injustices faced by ...

When he finally gets the ice cream, he is happy. So was this an example of the past, the present and the future? Not necessarily...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...

constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...

existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...

until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...

to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...