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Alderman David Moore's Home Style

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the book Home Styles, and hot it related to the Alderman David Moore. This paper includes a...

Neo-Classicism and Romanticism

This research paper uses the Neo-Classicist painter Jacques-Louis David's "Oath of Horatii" and Romanticist Eugene Delacroix's "Li...

Kant’s Format for Argument

an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...

Michelangelo and Bernini/Statues of David

writing that the primary motivation behind Michelangelos sculpture was "the expression of thought in stone" (Burns 412). Furthermo...

King David

angry that the people thought David was a better warrior and said, "What more can he get but the kingdom?"3 Saul would subsequentl...

Kant, the Categorical Imperative and the Invasion of Iraq

everyone else acting in the same way" (The categorical imperative). The question then becomes, do we want the law of pre-emptive...

Fluor's Dedication to Integrity

there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...

Karl Marx and the Enlightenment & Kant’s Hope for the Future

not believe that we should be without kings, but that their power should be limited, "That Kings are not superiors to, but adminis...

Kant’s Categorical Imperative

right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...

Ethics: The Views of Aristotle and Kant

life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...

Poverty Articles by Paul Collier and David Dollar and David Slater and Morag Bell Reviewed

if we look at where the aid is going is currently giving the greatest poverty relief to the South East Asian area and the least to...

Jacques Louis David's Painting, Jean Jacques Rousseau's Philosophy and Duty to the State

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

A Comparison of Donatello's David and Michelangelo's David

glorification of the nude that sculptors were destined to follow for many years (Burns 411). A local cultural touch is provided b...

The U.S. Decision to Invade Iraq in 2003, Justified with References to John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, Thomas Nagel and the Principles of Utilitarianism

rule-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism "supposes that each particular action should be evaluated solely by references to its own ...

Immanuel Wallerstein's World System Theory

In five pages questions pertaining to Immanuel Wallerstein's world system theory are answered. Seven sources are cited in the bib...

Chapter 3 of From the Presocratics to the Present A Personal Odyssey by Daniel Kolak

In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...

The Enlightenment in America by Ernest Cassara

In five pages this text is examined in a discussion of enlightenment philosophy as represented by Rousseau, Hume, and Locke. Ther...

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...

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

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...

Iron Giant Cartoon, Humanity, Personal Choices, and the Philosophies of David Hume, William Blake, and John Locke

giant metal man falling into the sea. Hogarth is the only one that believes him and rushes away to search in likely places for the...

Hume and Descartes Compared

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

History, Human Nature, and Psychology

the other; and, the law of contrast which is opposite the law of similarity where one thing or event may trigger or associate itse...

Examining Suicide from a Fresh Perspective

suicide ideation is often aligned with a lack of clear thinking. Thus, suicide should not be prohibited or encouraged, but rather ...

What Does Empiricism Teach About The Relationship Between Appearance And Reality?

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

An Analysis of the Ideas of Hume and Ayer

classic volume, the philosopher demonstrates that people know the causes of events but that this knowledge is really perhaps based...

The Extent to Which Assumptions are Used in the Decision Making Process

wet because a toddler had an "accident" or there is blood everywhere because someone was murdered. Clearly, the bed might have bee...

Carl L. Becker's Rejection of Popular Eighteenth-Century Philosophers

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

Cartesian Rationalism from a Critical Viewpoint

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

Bertrand Russell's View of Knowledge

experiential knowledge is correct? David Humes ideas about knowledge are very powerful. He held that people acquire beliefs about ...