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it becomes abundantly clear that "liberalism" of their day and their perception was significantly different from the ways in which...
In five pages this paper examines how the principles outlined in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan define what should be regarded as true l...
This topic is discussed within the context of the book Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes in...
The ways in which Chinese philosophers' views of human nature influenced how the perceived the interrelationship of rituals and la...
7 pages and 7 sources. This paper provides an overview of the basic elements of chaos theory and relates them to views of their a...
In ten pages this paper considers the right to bear arms in America in a discussion of community with a comparison of the philosop...
In five pages this paper examines Plato's views on human nature as they are presented in The Republic with the 'Good City,' societ...
In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...
of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...
country in terms of routine items such as traffic and violent crime and international relations. It would create a strong national...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
or that their lives are even close to resembling those of the first disciples?" (as qtd. in Galli, 2002, p.62). He poses a good qu...
4). More and more cases of ill people and dead rats keep turning up, urging Dr. Rieux and Castel to become more certain that wh...
to allow him to survive. Pojman draws a distinction between ethics (or morality), on the one hand, and etiquette, law, and religio...
With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...
is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...
he is good and honest, the covenant will be kept. If not, then it is more likely than not that it will be broken. Hobbes (1651) ...
Man has a natural propensity for conflict and human beings form societies not out of their desire for complicit, but out of a fear...
the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and that any ...
of society. However, Hobbes is also making the assumption that human beings will able to ascertain what is the correct way of doin...
fact, it seems that both are taking the noble road and one wonders why anyone would succumb to the pressure of signing a paper tha...
the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also...
a result, then, human action falls under the same "mechanized" process; specific desires occur in the human body and reveal themse...
armies. By the middle of the 16th century, Italy had become a battleground for the ambitions of France and the Empire, and the Ita...
Rime of the Ancient Mariner reflects a significance quite distinguishable in its ability to address faith human conflict with mere...
would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...
In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...
In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...
In five pages this paper consides how films reflect some type of philosophy and the example of the 2000 film staring Sean Connery ...
In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau in a consideration of community and ...