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Alasdair MacIntyre's View of Virtue and Academic Dishonesty

In this paper consisting of five pages the philosophy MacIntyre describes in 'After Virtue' is applied to the ethics of academic d...

Supreme Principle of Morality by Immanuel Kant

In six pages this research paper defines morality within the context of Kant's philosophy and also considers supreme morality's va...

Relating Kant's Works to the Dismissal of Air Traffic Controllers

In six pages this paper discusses President Ronald Reagan's dismissal of air traffic controllers within the context of Kant's phil...

Benjamin Cardozo's Growth of the Law

In nine pages legal philosophy is examined within the context of Benjamin Cardozo's book which was first published in 1924. Three...

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In nine pages this research paper compares these two works in terms of how they represent free will and determinism philosophies. ...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

most exciting part of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for it is that journey that has kept the book popular over twenty ...

Property Rights, John Locke, and John Rawls

In seven pages this essay presents a comparative analysis of the philosophies of John Locke and John Rawls regarding the rights to...

Contemporary Courts and Books Six and Seven of Plato's The Republic

In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...

Comparing Two Early Greek Philosophers with Plato

The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...

Gorgias by Plato

form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...

Philosophical Look at David Hume and Plato

In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...

Parmenides and Hereclitus

In six pages the philosophies of these individuals from the preSocratic era are contrasted and compared. Three sources are cited ...

Fictional Philosophical Conversation Between Two People

In six pages this paper presents a fictional dialogue on philosophy between two people with one arguing in favor of sensual proof ...

Supreme Personal Being and Religious Experience

In five pages this paper examines a Supreme Personal Being's role in the religious experiences with beliefs addressed in the philo...

Time Perspective and Ethics in Halakhic Man by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

In five pages this research paper considers Rabbi Soloveitchik's theology as represented in this text in terms of his time percept...

Sonny Boono and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

In a paper consisting of five pages the ancient Roman scholar Boethius's philosophy is applied to Congressman Sonny Bono's untimel...

Chandogya Upanishad in Hinduism

In five pages the Chandogya Upanishad philosophy as it relates to Hinduism is examined in this research paper. Four sources are c...

Major Religions of the World Compared

Quran establishes a set of beliefs and is the basis of the religion (Esposito). Hinduism is a bit more flexible. It "is best regar...

Religions and Distinct Similarities

In five pages this essay considers religions and their similarities such as philosophies and foundations with references made to T...

Coexistence of Religion and Science?

In a paper consisting of sixteen pages, 1 page being an OUTLINE on whether there is a place for both religious and scientific view...

2 Perspectives on Italian Renaissance Humanism

In six pages this paper presents the argument that an adequate overview of the humanism of the Italian Renaissance can be achieved...

Philosopher and Mathematician Pythagoras

In fifteen pages Pythagoras' life and his contributions to science, mathematics, and philosophy are discussed. There are 6 source...

Moral Certainty and the Existentialism of Jean Paul Sartre

In five pages this paper examines how moral certainty is attacked by the existentialist philosophy of Jean Paul Sartre. Two sourc...

Man's Nature According to Thomas Hobbes

In four pages this paper examines how Hobbes viewed man's nature in a contrast with St. Augustine's philosophy. Three sources are...

Life and Death Concepts as Perceived by Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...

Virtue as Defined by Aristotle and Plato

In six pages virtue as defined by the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato and their continuity are examined. There are 5 sources ...

Plato and Hegel Comparisons and Contrasts

In six pages the arguments of city vs. state, the individual, and soul and spirit that are raised in Hegel's Introduction to the P...

Philosophers Compared

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

Materialism is Not Preferred Over Hylemorphism

Hylemorphism's preference over materialism in philosophy is examined from the metaphysical perspectives of Thomas Aquinas and Aris...

Human Knowledge and Three Meditations of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...