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Essays 271 - 300
the layers are slowly and systematically peeled away, revealing increasingly more of the personality of the individual (Williams, ...
importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...
the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...
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...
with the profits generated from their production of greater importance than the care and welfare of the animals (505). During the...
Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...
sense of direction that otherwise would merely drift in subconscious thought, which also helps to apply a modicum of understanding...
of wildlife and marine life are being endangered as well. Business must make a better effort to solve pollution problems not simp...
In seven pages this paper provides an existential philosophical examination of the story and discusses how it reflects the time pe...
possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...
one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...
and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...
involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...
In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...
is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...
while in society today, the concept is well accepted, Marx prompts one to question the ethics of capitalism. When all is said and ...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
biotechnology can easily run up to tens of thousands of pages, including text and diagrams (Malone, 2002). Each one must be read w...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...
worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...
that she was much more responsive and seemed to be improving. Still not fully conscious, at times she would be able to "communica...
our understanding of language, democracy, the individual (self), within both the public and private spheres. Rorty notes, for exa...
which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because ...
well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...
defines pornography, which is that they do not know what it is, but they know it when they see it (11). Similarly, it is not out o...
not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...