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was that all humans are born with an inherent worth which he labeled human dignity (Mazur, 1993). He further felt that human dign...
significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are ass...
conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...
who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...
delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...
based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...
freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...
Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...
the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...
what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...
seem to be common sense. Because there are so many belief systems in a melting pot society, why not just let people decide their o...
In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...
In ten pages this paper discusses goodness through the concepts of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant and discusses how in assista...
non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...
humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...
In five pages this paper offers a comparative analysis of the moral philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Four sour...
the difference between being able to browse in a bookstore, with no restraint, and being told what one can read or say or think. ...
particularly when a known controversial figure assisted the act? What happened was that Thomas Youk was given a lethal injectio...
In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...
chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...