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past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...
one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...
relational dyads, and the part of a larger social collective. Family values, individual culture and social constructs all impact ...
(Amin, 1997; p. 8). In many ways we experience, and have experienced, growth of cultures through diversity, which provides us ...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
can help to guide the decision making and create a firm foundations that will help to ensure that the outcomes are the best possib...
possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...
involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...
When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...
She says: "The question should not be: Do we have something in common-reason, self-consciousness, a soul-with other animals? (With...
was that all humans are born with an inherent worth which he labeled human dignity (Mazur, 1993). He further felt that human dign...
administration that is tied to a clandestine love affair. Forbes prints a small article regarding another type of conflict of inte...
commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...
the street ... must and will reflect our personal moral standards" (Reavley, 2001). Those moral standards, Reavley implies, must ...
exactly? Wikipedia defines it as follows: " Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, ...
the realm of reality as researchers in the United Kingdom produced a cloned sheep and others at the University of Tennessee cloned...
There are many easily-identifiable situations in which an individual may have intention to act but cannot follow through with the ...
support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
himself, without mischief reaching at least to his near connexions, and often far beyond them"(Mills,9). John Stuart Mill seemed ...
the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...
"hoppers" and "superpredators" (Wagner, 2001). And during one week in California, youth committed heinous crimes including one 15-...
who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...
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...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
what the concept of rights truly meant to the populace as a whole, with his general consensus reflecting the respect for and appre...
state of the art technology. Their lives will be saved above the others. It is somewhat like the scenario when the Titanic went do...
In eight pages this paper analyzes global and domestic terrorism from the perspective of the United States in a consideration of p...