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Morality and the Law

play the desires of the majority, upon which this nation is primarily based. If the majority of the people, for example, believe t...

Nietzsche Philosophy Essays

In about fifteen pages Nietzsche's philosophies are analyzed in this collection of essays that discuss such concepts as nihilism, ...

Choice Ethics and the Theories of Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper examines the theories of Immanuel Kant as they relate to morality and making choices based upon ethical c...

Sociological Contributions of Herbert Spencer

In three pages this essay discusses Spencer's sociological contributions and examines the roles played by morality and war in part...

Moral Responsibility to Feed Those Who Are Hungry

claims that it is our moral obligation. People should not be allowed to suffer needlessly, such as occurs in the situation involvi...

Morality and Political Actions as Viewed by Niccolo Machiavelli

differences as a central element in maintaining the necessity for particular action. Machiavellis perspectives on morality expres...

Karl Marx on Morality and Ideology

In nine pages this paper discusses Marx's contention that a component of ideology is morality. Four sources are cited in the bibl...

Philosophical Argument on Morally Justifiable Violence and Political Oppression

In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...

Man's Nature and Morality Perceptions of Cicero and Peter Abelard

In five pages this paper examines how this statesman and clergyman would perceive morality and the nature of man and the inevitabl...

Development and Morality Theories of Lawrence Kohlberg

In eleven pages this paper examines child development in a consideration of Jean Piaget's concepts and how they were elaborated up...

Medieval Morality Play Mankind

Mischief to be the "Steward of the Manor" (Line 663), and then the court calls Mankind. New-Gyse, another character, orders Mank...

Ethics and Copyright Infringement

In five pages the ethical implications of reproducing computer software without authorization are discussed with morality and ethi...

Morality According to Plato and Sophocles

In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...

New York and Capital Punishment

In eight pages capital punishment in New York is examined in terms of history, morality, statistics on crime along with the views ...

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and Themes of Morality and Immorality

In eight pages this paper discusses how Chaucer addressed morality and immorality in such stories as 'The Friar's Tale,' 'The Prio...

The Republic by Plato, Morality and Logic

In five pages The Republic by Plato is examined in a consideration of Books I and II in a discussion of Socrates' extended dialogu...

End of War and Human Evolution

In seventeen pages this paper features Lorenz's 'On Aggression' in a consideration of evolution and how eventually war could becom...

Life and Man Viewed Across the Cultural Divide

Aristotle, Native Indian and Hindu philosophers had varying philosophies of life and the nature of man. This essay compares Aristo...

Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess/Browning

This essay discusses Browning's exper use of dramatic monologue in Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess. Through the use of this...

Government and Morality

In seven pages this paper discusses morality in government in a consideration of former Attorney General Janet Reno's investigatio...

Political Leadership and Private Morality

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how private morality can influence political leadership in a consideration of integrity and ...

Good and Evil According to Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche

In three pages this paper examines morality principles in a comparison and contrasting of Civilization and Its Discontents by Freu...

Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Freud on Morality Imposed by the State

In eight pages this research paper discusses whether or not morality can be reinforced in citizens by the state in a comparative a...

Humanist Moral Philosophy During the Renaissance

In nine pages this paper examines human nature and morality issues from the perspective of the Renaissance. Three sources are cit...

Social Solidarity and Emile Durkheim

In three pages this essay defines the concept of social solidarity as glimpsed from Emile Durkheim's perspective and then applied ...

Philosophers Compared

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

Morality and Religion

In five pages this paper discusses how morality patterns are influenced by religion from political and government contexts. Four ...

Eternal Happiness and God

In ten pages free will and God are analyzed in this philosophical essay with a critical examination of theories by Hume, Kierkegaa...

God's Existence 'First Cause' Argument Invalidation

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...

The Internet and Pornography

There has been much discussion on pornography and the Internet. The law is discussed in depth as well as the morality of allowing ...