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unusual for a theologian (St. Thomas Aquinas, 2002). Aquinas made many significant contributions to philosophy and specifically i...
true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...
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...
on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...
If we accept the premise, therefore, that science is capable of defining physiological death then we must ask ourselves how do we ...
theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...
identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...
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...
no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...
is on a morphine drip to which there is attached only one instruction: decrease the drip when respirations reach four per minute....
after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...
power. For example, Machiavelli points out that the ruler becomes great in the eyes of the people by overcoming difficulties and o...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
it is (L) that connects human behavior with the environment via "desires and beliefs" that the environment fosters in us (Rosenbe...
usually associated with the Roman Catholic Pope, his presence does not seem to effect the laws of the government as women in Ital...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
He sought not to try to make people feel any better about themselves or the world in which they lived aside from empowering them t...
North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...
his own mind is anarchy. "The churches are closed, or opened only for the noisy discussions and drunken revels of a frenzied peopl...
saying the above statement. The names change and the nature of the addiction changes with the substance, but the goal and reward ...
through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...
to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...
the reader into the oppressive world of slavery. Indeed, it was the authors desire to bring attention to the injustices faced by ...
to Grotius more humane perspective was that of Jacques-Benigne Bossuets, who "reinforced medieval notions of kingship in his theor...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
In eight pages this paper examines war reporting with the emphasis upon Afghanistan terrorism in a consideration of how the media ...
In eight pages the idealistic philosophy of William Godwin is examined. Four sources are listed in the bibliography....
and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...