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her actions as an individual and as a member of the military? Or is there a different moral principle at play? Only Hester can say...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...
is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...
modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....
dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...
a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....
is contrasted with "conservative" or "right-wing" ideologies. Within the broader context of political theory. "liberalism" has a d...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
of her idiots began passing the same exams as non-retarded children, she started to question the effectiveness of the conventional...
The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
their anxiety in significantly negative ways. Diversity in the type of sport is yet another critical consideration when it comes ...
truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...
stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...
the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...
in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....
for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...
it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...