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according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...

after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

In five pages this report considers how Plato defines piety in this early dialogue. There are no other sources listed....

In five pages this paper discusses the text's featured conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro as it pertains to piety and tru...

In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...

(4e). Intrigued by this conclusion, Socrates implores Euthyphro to share with him his definition of piety, distinguishing betwee...

around, arousing them and persuading them. He illustrates how people are often irritated by him because they feel they have been r...

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

if cats and dogs and other animals are pets and viewed as members of the family, how can people experiment on them and then put th...

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...

In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

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...

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...

In five pages the argument that Scottish philosopher David Hume was a racist is considered. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the perception theories of David Hume and John Locke and exposes flaws in the empi...