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Business Cannot Ignore Pollution: It is a Matter of Life, Death, and Ethics

of wildlife and marine life are being endangered as well. Business must make a better effort to solve pollution problems not simp...

Maximus In Catland: Philosophical Messages For Parents And Children Alike

the very nerve of human existence, both good and bad. Writers like Izzo attempt to reach out to their audiences by way of specifi...

Questions on Aristotle and Hobbes

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

Problems in the Meat-Packing Industry

problems in the industry. Yet, while it is arguable as to the degree of safety problems inherent in the industry, it is safe to sa...

Free Will and Determinism in Buddhism

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

Connolly, Hall and Philosophical Differences

asks whether pluralism "is a philosophy for wimps," that is, "for those whose beliefs are too saturated with uncertain and ambival...

Two Versions of Frankenstein

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

Philosophical Critique of Iris Marion Young’s Concept of the Distinction Between Self-Development and Self-Determination

later. In each, she focuses on what she regards as the two most significant values that must be preserved if social justice is to...

Monism and Pluralism

by the theory of monism (Turner). The greatest strength of monism appears to be its simplicity: it admits of only one underlying c...

Philosophical Proofs for the Existence of God

cosmological argument. As mentioned above, an ontological approach uses a deductive argument which "claims that its premises can b...

Pharmaceutical Companies and Their Moral Obligation

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at the moral obligations of pharmaceutical companies. Philosophical arguments are made t...

Same-Sex Marriage - A Philosophical Analysis

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

The Absurd

philosophers and playwrights, addressed themselves to the reality of the absurdity of life and argued that that its reality should...

Epochs

knowledge has long been purported as the only viable means by which mankind truly knows how and if something exists; without empir...

Gandhi and MLK

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at MLK and Gandhi. Philosophical differences are emphasized. Paper uses three sources....

"Murders in the Rue Morgue" and Concepts of Intelligence

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Murders in the Rue Morgue". The story is analyzed for its philosophical stance on ...

Archaeological Explanations - A Critique

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at lawful explanations in archaeology. A philosophical counter-argument is developed. P...

The Hellenistic Period

This paper explores the ways the ancient views of religion changed in response to the philosophical schools. There are three sour...

The ‘Philosophy’ of Massage Therapy

long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...

The Justin Ellsworth Case (Analysis)

in his account when he passed away. The email provider Yahoo claimed that due to a terms of service agreement, they could not allo...

Is It Immoral To Believe A Claim Without Evidence?

Of all the claims that lack evidence, none are as morally immense or elusive as whether or not God exists. Supporters contend the...

Ethical Egoism

"the agent ought to promote the self above other values" (Moseley, 2006). This is not as ugly as it sounds: it goes all the way ba...

Rene Descartes and Dualism

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

Rene Descartes' Contributions

In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Philosopher David Hume's Ideologies

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen's Basic Philosophical Differences

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

Sin and Free Will as Viewed by Jean Paul Sartre

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

Socrates' Influence

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

Examining Debates Among Competing Philosophies

We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...

Women's Rights in On Liberty and The Subjection of Women by J.S. Mill

should be used to silence the opinions of others makes the implied assumption that his opinions are infallible. Mill grants that i...