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Utilitarianism View of Prostitution

as a morally acceptable act from a Utilitarian point of view. Many philosophical and sociological questions loom over this issue...

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Benito Mussolini's The Doctrine of Fascism

a system of education, as a discipline, if it were not always looked at in the light of its whole way of conceiving life, a spirit...

Care of Children and Parents Who Work

felt she had no option but to take Asante with her. She left the child in the car and planned to come out periodically and check o...

Past Basis for the Future According to David Hume

long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...

American Patriotism and Europeans

devastation wreaked on their homeland in those wars. Countless examples of this sort of cultural awareness are not going to be neg...

Perceived Threats, Overreaction, and Doctrine of Chemical Warfare Defense

to the reality of the threat. The government and the military must make every effort to develop a more rational approach regarding...

Armstrong and Descartes' Views Compared

one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...

Modern Criticism of Descartes' Dualism

unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...

Identity and Class

and manual workers as a C2. Again this categorisation has attracted much criticism, and can be seen as a useful reference, but not...

Consciousness Shaped by Culture

to have pancakes for breakfast isnt exhibiting an instinctual response, but rather a cultural preference (A Baseline Definition of...

Annotated Bibliography of Statesmanship

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at statesmanship. Differing notions of statesmanship are put forth through an annotated...

Discussing the First Meditation of Descartes

Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...

Spirituality and Liberation Theology

buggy rides. In the future, people may have flying machines that make the automobile look antiquated. Yet, is this really liberati...

McMurphy's Rebellion

This essay is on "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey. The writer discusses McMurphy's rebellion, which is targeted aga...

Hip Hop and American Culture

generational jargon is quite common. Each generation speaks a bit different language from that of their parents. Hip hop however i...

Race Matters from a Critical Perspective

important issues about racism and oppression for black Americans. It is difficult to argue with many of his premises because hist...

Intergovernmental System and Power

has continued to oversee new areas of social policy, including health privacy. The federal government continues to assert itself ...

Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

that the "most powerful reason (for believing in religion) is the wish for safety, a sort of feeling that there is big brother wh...

God's Doctrine as Interpreted by Gordon Kaufman, Pamela Young, and Sallie McFague

evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...

Societal Marketing and Green Marketing

of long-term health (Bernadette and DSilva, 2002). The Ricoh Group commented that such a strong movement towards green procuremen...

Evaluating the Paradox of John Locke

that people do have a duty to God, which is coupled with a duty to obey their ruler (Honderich, 1995). At the same time, Locke say...

Character and Good Reasoning

in the right way. In order to do this, however, one must be able to determine, using ones reason, what those right ways and right ...

Discussing the Mind

do with anything. The popular theory of mind to some extent broaches the concept of personhood. There must be a person associated ...

Financial Bubble of the USA

fixed investment has been absent" (Puplava, 2003). Just as any bubble needs continued air to keep floating, the economy needs con...

Citizenship, Rights, Identities, and Gender

ideal women are inferior. Based upon a conviction of inferiority, male authorities were then able to design lifestyles for women,...

Christ Figure Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

thinking" (Wittkowski 2). The main thrust of such interpretations is that Santiago, in his actions, is in fact an "imitatio Christ...

Marxism and the Superiority of Martin Luther King's Equality Concepts

In three pages King and Marx are contrasted and compared with the writer ultimately concluding that Martin Luther King's notions o...

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

and now theres gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweat...

Satanic Cults

the Supreme Court sees it, Satanism is a religion ("High Court," 2005). It does appear that one mans cult is anothers religion, bu...

Comparison of the Philosophical Concepts of Plato and Martin Heidegger

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...