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many of what would have once been (and often still are) considered "barbaric" practices are attributes that may be specifically as...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

that standard then the entire concept of innate knowledge cannot possibly be true. He further argues that those who say...

employed. PREMISE 2: Self-defense must correlate with reasonableness. PREMISE 3: Both law and morality must play a role in the e...

by allowing some evils to exist, it makes possible greater goods that cannot be obtained by any other route (Honderich, et al 255)...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

is embraced by American schools to varying degrees. Still, the subject usually attracts heated debates. Bilingual education is t...

needed for the nations poor and undereducated. Drugs should be legalized as the war against them is not winnable, and more importa...

the normal way of life. While in this schizophrenic society people eat animals, they also keep animals as pets, and so there is a ...

avoids trying to force the same concept of right and wrong upon all of the worlds societies, objectivism believes there is conside...

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

"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

come to light in the past ten years. Those who have shopped at Hearsts Delight for years are likely to be...

Seligman states that, "Perhaps 20,000 prisoners a year are getting out under early release programs....The criminal justice system...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

Customers expect a certain standard of service. If labour is cut here it may either be form the waiting staff. If there are less w...

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. The inherent relationship that exists between self and the elements...

government whose existence is predicated on equality for all. In truth, however, there has historically been anything but equalit...

opposition of gay marriage. Making such a radical exception to the traditional constraints of marriage would introduce problems i...

Presents arguments against the death penalty in the United States. There are 10 sources listed in the bibliography of this 7-page ...

The concept of zero tolerance is becoming more and more...

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at the economic arguments put forth by Sowell. Criticisms and defenses are issued. Pape...

If psychologists have board certification, do they really need to have a license on top of that? This essay comments on how licens...

Argues the case for limited government versus progressivism. There are 3 sources in the bibliography of this 3-page paper....

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at large shopping developments. Negative aspects of such development are presented in ...

Prisoners should be required to work to support the cost of their imprisonment and to pay back their victims. There are four sour...