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Essays 391 - 420
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
a context that is relative to his life. Aristotle believed that "happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with virtue." Ar...
aside and did not dig any deeper--there is also something suspicious in it." " (Nietzsche 257). It is here that the philosopher im...
the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...
(AGI) consistently collects higher figures because they survey abortion providers directly (Abortion in the United States: Statist...
avoids trying to force the same concept of right and wrong upon all of the worlds societies, objectivism believes there is conside...
could report, Smith is stating that morality is the product of ones nature, not of reason, as many of his contemporaries believed....
is the right thing to do, even if it will make life much more difficult for the individuals involved. Others suggest that the fetu...
own people: he points out that the rape of girls "not ten years old" resulted in the perpetrators being disciplined, but it is cle...
of some moral message in the end. Through danger the characters are made stronger, and they are developed more powerfully, truly p...
the adult world of constraints into an exciting world of fun in the sun, the children come up against the usual banes of social ex...
of difficulty taking a strong stand on what is right and wrong. Kilpatrick addressed this issue: if the adults in the childs life ...
the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...
smacks of anarchy. As long as we dont "hurt" anyone, anything goes. Absolute truth has been discarded. It would seem that there is...
meaning; however, it has a totally different meaning if one steals from a prosperous bakery in order to keep ones family from star...
indicative of a disdain for authoritarian institutions. Vathek is a powerful man who indulges in vast excesses. Beckford makes it ...
this inquiry is something more. It is attached to religion and doctrine and the canon. In fact, any individuals memories may be ti...
the consequences of human action" (Kemerling, 2001). What Kant is saying is that even if we make a choice to take some sort of act...
friends, but whose definition of "friendship" differs. For instance, person A strongly believes that trust is an essential element...
they are part of a modern world where they are clearly in and out of relationships all the time. The fact that they continue to al...
drinking, and want to get more for it" (Sinclair Chapter 2). In this the image of Jurgis is one that evokes thoughts of morality...
had been deemed traditional. Many people around the world do not like American culture and it is hard to argue that this newfangle...
Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of Gods existence and the problem of evil, the journey of understanding...
of medical advancement that purports to save lives, the necessary research requires the taking of other lives, which presents a di...
film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...
While in our society we have the right to eat, wear, and live in anything that we can afford, to do so is not always morally sound...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
and reflection question : In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pictures a religious and moral orientation that draws on Jewish tradit...
to understand the last mans comprehension of these notions, and why the last man is not able to create beyond himself, one has to ...
In five pages this paper argues that the military strikes over Kosovo led by the United States against the Serbs represent an act ...