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are more things in common with these two works than the simple fact that both deal, in a sense with the railroad industry....

on the bench, he needs a majority vote in the Senate. Therefore, his views are very important. Based on past decisions and stateme...

is not clear how the lower classes are expected to live (1993). It is also noted that while Plato makes a case for communism for ...

"clearness and accuracy" (336d). He elaborates in section 338c that while there are different forms of governments, each one "defi...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

Smiley, knowing full-well that this would set the old gentleman off on a rant about Jim Smiley and the celebrated jumping frog. Th...

actions would have been sanctioned by law forty years ago, the consensus of society at today is that this sort of discrimination i...

a society as being "mature" enough for liberty. The principal point of Mills essay is-- in reference to Western societies-- is th...

deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

actually benefited society. This is no longer true. in todays society, corporations use these and other precepts to pass on their ...

and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...

inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

Oath. This was traditionally taken by all graduating doctors, but many institutions do not insist on it toady. The original oath h...

The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...

This research paper examines Kant's philosophy of transcendental deduction, with a specific focus on the transcendental unity of a...

of poetry, since it is the expression of imagination that allows for emotional comprehension. Introduction Imagination i...

In four pages concepts of religion, God, and transcendence are considered in a comparative analysis of Kant's philosophy and Hegel...

considered moral to steal or lie. Anti-abortion activists have taken this a step further, considering their murdering of abortion ...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...

there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...

human comparable with Kants ideas? For Nietzsche, the noble human being strives to be alone, to stand up for himself, to take on r...

more righteous than if one was merely envious of anothers success even if the successful person had done nothing wrong. Of course,...

for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...

everyone else acting in the same way" (The categorical imperative). The question then becomes, do we want the law of pre-emptive...

an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...

life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...

right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...