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eye can see as opposed to mere speculation about what might be. Of course, objections would be other theories that for example God...

In five pages the pros and cons of drug legalization are assessed from a philosophical perspective. Four sources are cited in the...

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at the topic of same-sex marriage. Frameworks such as religion, politics, and ethical p...

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

the idea that there are reasons for implementing law beyond the idea of just maintaining law and order. Other supporters of positi...

exist myriad philosophies by which people live their lives, which help maintain order and a sense of direction that otherwise woul...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

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

the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...

when they heard the ringing of the bells, for they would associate this with being fed. In Brave New World, behaviorism takes the...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

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

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

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...

normal children do. However, these tasks that ordinary children dont think twice about, offer sincere and daunting challenges to t...

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

philosophical movement that appeared in Great Britain and suggested that all knowledge is experiential ("British," 2004). In other...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

our understanding of language, democracy, the individual (self), within both the public and private spheres. Rorty notes, for exa...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...