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be "irresponsible and dishonest," but they also know this is a very unhealthy way to live (Banfield). They are hardworking and hon...

the federal courts to mandate minimum rights for prisoners" (Platt, 1999, p. 237). But by the 1990s, prison reform had died out a...

works. Yerkes demonstrated the principal in a simple T-shaped maze, as in one of the places, the experimenter placed a strip of s...

also the milestones of development as the fetus grows. For example, they state that at roughly 20 days after conception, the "baby...

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

cases from the point of view that the person on trial is guilty. There is no presumption of innocence until proven guilty-he start...

insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In his di...

When examining ethical theory and philosophies of hope, happiness is often at the forefront. It seems that the goal of most people...

like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...

if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...

people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...

changes in the law, and ... by responses to developments in Europe" (Barone, 1998, p. 92). In the early years of the nation, acco...

off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...

three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...

suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

low self-esteem," but there are also serious health repercussions that can follow children into their adult years (Henry and Royer...

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception required within the sensual world is decidedly uniq...

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...

text in which he is painstakingly honest, demonstrates that his spiritual path was not easy. It is clear from the beginning that t...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...