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This paper applies existentialism to an analysis of the character Jack in the Titanic film by director James Cameron in 5 pages. ...

contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...

constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

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...

acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...

persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...

in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...

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...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...

fine, but teaching them what counts is best." This quote, which includes a clever play on words, suggests a very practical approac...

have an otherwise broad range and potentiality; however, these aspects were often squelched by a need for systematic control. ...

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...

childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...