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In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...

This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...

In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...

universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...

In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...

In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...

Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...

guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...

of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...

namely that similarities between myths count the most, that myth must be interpreted nonliterally and that religions, for the most...

his detractors?with an abandonment of standards within US classrooms in favor of a focus on growth and self-fulfillment (Berkowitz...

In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...

In seven pages and 2 parts this paper firs considers the perspectives of Anaximenes, Anaximander, and Thales and then examines Par...

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...

In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...

In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...

In a paper that contains four pages Aristotle's logic and employment of syllogism are heralded as being not only philosophically b...

In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...

donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...

In twelve pages this paper examines these two classical philosophers in a comparative analysis of their thoughts and achievements....

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...