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Thomas Aquinas and David Hume on Religious Morality

a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

Canto 3 of 'Inferno' by Dante

Dante used the framework of the poem to convey his ideas concerning religion and morality. An overview of Canto III and its level...

Four Issues Regarding the History of Australia

also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...

The Trial Scene in A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

as those which the British themselves aspire to. Mahmoud...

Internet Technology and Morality

compromising of principles much more likely. For example, it is noted that the Internet opens the doors of pornography and cyber a...

John Stuart Mill and Drugs Legalization

prevailing arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on h...

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and the Concept of Morality

of his less knowledgeable subjects. There were several basic principals that Machiavelli put forth for his new princes-to-be. Fir...

Morality and Knowledge According to Friedrich Nietzsche, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Rene Descartes

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

United Kingdom and Methecillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

used antibiotics (Country Doctor). The rates are likely to be higher in long term care facilities and high dependency wards (Count...

Federalism and Watershed Issues in the United States

settlers and encouraged them to irrigate their farms. To this day the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes are still trying to negotiate wi...

Government and its Purpose

and the death penalty should be outlawed and that murdering animals should also be against the law. These are really the only conc...

Justification of the Iraq War and Other Alternative Perspectives

just cause war. According to Sterba, there are three criteria that constitute a just war. "There must be substantial aggressio...

An Analysis of Machiavelli's The Prince

of the government was quick and without "civil commotion." But while Machiavelli praises Agathocles on one hand, he also points ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Morality Past and Present

her husband who did not reside with her. As such she could not deny that she had an affair with someone. However, she would never ...

Six Argument Schemas

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

Henry Cloud and John Townsend's How People Grow

theological or church background, but who come to the book with more questions than answers, will find this book as beneficial as ...

Delinquency and Deviance Theories

However, in some cases the desired goals would not be equally available to all social groups, in others there might be too...

Consequences of Morality in The Republic by Plato

concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...

Changing Times and Unchanging Philosophical Themes

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

Personal Ethics Development

his relationship with God (Smith, 2001). Based on this description and my own upbringing and early training, my own decisions re...

Everyman A Critical Analysis

was assumed to make up to the overall personality of nay man, hence the title everyman, with seventeen characters representing a...

Economic and Political Perspectives on Health, Aging, and Utilization of Health Services

but much of the cost is a simple reflection of the fact that medical science is keeping people alive longer than it has in previou...

Workplace Values and Employee Morality

by dint of the fact they are the customers, and they are the ones paying the money for a product or service. Trust...

Kant, Ethics, Drug Companies, and Drug Sales

as it impedes upon the fundamental tenets of social responsibility. Doctors who accept these gifts - which might include but is n...

Assisted Suicide Arguments Both For and Against

same right to humans devaluing human life to a level lower than that if animals. Whereas those against assisted suicide argue that...

The Un-Human Enemies of Beowulf

The writer discusses the fact that in Beowulf, which is the oldest poem in English, many of Beowulf's enemies are non-humans. Thes...

Policy and the Civil War

This research report examines the Civil War and policy issues. Both civilian and military life are noted. This five page paper has...

Good Taste and Art According to David Hume

In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...

Essayist Richard Rodriguez

lives reflect his early struggles with cultural identity in America. II. ASSIMILATION Rodriguez, whose professional writing cred...

Human Morality

correct, or is it morally superior to allow a twelve year old rape victim to have an abortion? The problem with morality is that i...