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Critically Examining the Vietnam War

In a paper consisting of seven pages the reasons for the war, LBJ's escalation, and the Vietnamese perceptions of the conflict are...

The Impact of Burnout Among Social Workers

burnout stage being reached. Burnout is defined in this paper as " a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonali...

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

Morality and Religion According to Immanuel Kant

what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...

Beat Generation, Burroughs, and Kerouac

world which has lost its humanity. The insane way in which the book is put together only reinforces the theme of madness. I Dont W...

Doubt Philosophy of Rene Descartes

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

Ralph Ellison's Philosophy in The Invisible Man

standing and he is awarded a full scholarship to a prestigious black college. This of course doesnt last long, as through a serie...

Nietzsche's Philosophy and Essays

that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...

Similarities and Differences That Exist Among Global Religions

that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...

Comparative Analysis of the Disciplines of Philosophy, Literature, Religion, and Science

most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...

Spatiality and Immanuel Kant

understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...

The Abstract Wild by Jack Turner and Philosophy

being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...

Examining Catholic Church Unity

political structure of the church which has been divinely inspired (Armstrong, 2002). The Authority of the Bishops in Catholici...

Yogesh Chadha Gandhi A Life

and rely on previous works and historical documents to formulate a guideline. Since the publication of the entire 90 volumes of wo...

God's Existence and Rene Descartes' Meditation III

conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...

The Philosophy of Utilitariansim

on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...

Philosophies of William David Ross

If we accept the premise, therefore, that science is capable of defining physiological death then we must ask ourselves how do we ...

Aristotle and Plato

theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...

Two Essay Questions Examined in a Consideration of the Pseudoscience of Death and Expected Utility

the chances of drawing each color are the same. In this game, however, you are rewarded $350 if you draw a combination of a white...

Mr. V and a Nursing Ethics Case Study

is on a morphine drip to which there is attached only one instruction: decrease the drip when respirations reach four per minute....

Corporations and Self Limiting of Size

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

Anne Frank and Her Diary

that anyone of Jewish descent or faith were in terrible danger, yet they chose to stay, hoping that it would go away, or that God ...

Egoism and Deontology

chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...

Flawed Political Arguments in The Prince

power. For example, Machiavelli points out that the ruler becomes great in the eyes of the people by overcoming difficulties and o...

Examining Shakespeare's Comedic Dream

In this we are set up with a very quiet and harmless love that is only waiting for consummation. It is a pleasant little scene tha...

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

Wartime and Ethical Considerations

the solider represents the state and the people are merely innocent bystanders. At the same time, during a draft, one could also a...

Romantic Period Artistic Beauty

ability to allow us the opportunity to interpret the rational through the concrete forms presented in art. Hegel believed that ...

Skepticism and Knowledge According to John Locke

their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...

'Lying Promise' and Philosophy

lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...