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Essays 1411 - 1440
persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...
fine, but teaching them what counts is best." This quote, which includes a clever play on words, suggests a very practical approac...
gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...
Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...
world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...
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...
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...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
In twenty pages this paper examines Great Britain's post compulsory education from political, cultural, and socioeconomic perspect...
corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...
or sight) was subjected to each individuals standards of judgment. Whereas concrete facts were not changeable or subject to ones i...
however, is preliminary, a basic orientation, if you will, before settling down to discussing the books main argument, which conce...
In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which...
In seven pages this research paper examines the ethical theory of Immanuel Kant in a consideration of his lying stance. Four sour...
that Piaget didnt recognize that children could learn from their environment, however. Indeed, Piagets work reinforced the common...
conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...
of dressing appropriately for the formal work environment. What if you long for the outdoors and physical activity? It is a clich?...
considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...
lived in a society where multifetal pregnancy reduction was a socially acceptable alternative to the numerous fetuses produced by ...
and their duty, and allowing them to share the advantages of education and government with man," which Wollstonecraft indicates wi...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...