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but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...
therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...
This paper examines the true meaning of the very vague word, good. The author points out that the word has two separate and unique...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
In twenty pages this paper examines Great Britain's post compulsory education from political, cultural, and socioeconomic perspect...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...
what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...
persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...
fine, but teaching them what counts is best." This quote, which includes a clever play on words, suggests a very practical approac...
humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...
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...
dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...
in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...