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Ongoing Debate on Stem Cell Research

they could utilize embryos that are not in use. Tens of thousands of embryos are stored in clinics in the United States and some a...

Political Philosophies of John Locke and Plato

In six pages this research essay considers the differences that exist in the political philosophies of John Locke and Plato. Four...

Metaphysics As a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

Philosophy According to Rene Descartes and Plato

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

A Theory of Justice by John Rawls

his particular notions; some of these are, in brief, that every person should have equal access to basic liberties and also that s...

Individual's Personal Duty to Country

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

Changing Times and Unchanging Philosophical Themes

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

Literature and Philosophical Themes

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

Duty, Morality, and Immanuel Kant

critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is nothing more than a veiled continuation of social domination. Distin...

Divine Justice and Fate Reflected in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio and Inferno by Dante Alighieri

poem makes it clear that the human soul can only enjoy a happy eternity by pledging complete faith and allegiance in God, Boccacci...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Plato's Influence

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

Art According to Plato and Aristotle

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

A Common Humanity of Raimond Gaita

Recovering "Serious" Morality Because of Gaitas clear willingness to address what most would refer to as the "hard issues," it sh...

Perspectives on the Soul, Socrates and Aristotle

for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...

Drug Law Philosoophy

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

Overview of the TX Dept. of Criminal Justice

2002). The Department does not only hire correctional officers. There are a vast array of jobs that include: Correctional Officer...

Socrates to John Dewey on Education

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

Understanding What it Means to be a Social Justice Educator

individual who naturally believes in true equality and empowerment across the entire population. The reasons it becomes so confusi...

Worldly Circumstance and Moral Worth

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

Life and Writings of Plato

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

Unity, Being, and Becoming According to the Philosophers

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

Knowledge, Sensation, Plato and Rene Descartes

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

Public Administration Evolution

be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...

Looking at Empiricism and Rationalism

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

Philosophy and Metaphysics

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

Nursing and Knowledge

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...