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Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson

the natural world. Nature, he asserts, is secretive, but at the same time it is human beings who will eventually be able to unlock...

Arapesh Society and Gender

social construction. For example, in the US, it is generally believed that women are more emotional then men. The societal conce...

If Aristotle Ran General Motors by Tom Morris

just that mapping of reality that corresponds to the way things are" (25). Of course, many great philosophers, such as Descartes, ...

National Identification Card Debate

it is not even necessary. For example, one can go to Canada without a passport. Still, designing a national ID card to resemble a ...

Motivation and Money in the Works of Plautus and William Shakespeare

(Aristotle). According to Aristotle, comedy involves the imitation of men who are less than average. Furthermore, Aristotle indica...

Major Corporate Experiences and Ethics

more apt to do so even in complex situations. This results in a workplace which is largely stress and conflict free. The...

Interpersonal and Sexual Relationship Commitment

to their patients. Mostly, these are not commitments that are verbalized and all too often, they are commitments the parties do no...

Proof of God's Existence in the Meditations of Rene Descartes

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

An Examination of Human Rights

academic degrees, but cannot find a job in a shaky economy, might feel that way about accepting a job that only pays a minimal amo...

Film The Matrix and the Philosophies of Rene Descartes and Jean Paul Sartre

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...

Plato and Aristotle on Good

idea that concepts and forms had to begin somewhere. How does one know that they are looking at a pink, or a red, or a blue item? ...

Financial, Business, Economic News and Their Linguistic Features

field of linguistics explores the nature of human language and languages, seeking to describe what human languages are like, how l...

William E. Paden's Religious Worlds

of Paden as it addresses comparative perspectives, we look at the notions of Jaffee (2002) who specializes in comparative perspect...

Spirit of the Dead Watching Painting by Paul Gauguin

the Dead Watching" Despite the fact that he painted numerous tropical scenes and used the colors of the jungles and oceans of the...

Emile Durkheim's Suicide and the Response of Anthony Giddens

which are used to record suicides are in themselves a distinct phenomenon which can be used to examine societies. Furthermore, Dur...

A One Act Play Biff and Buffy

thought it was like at home holding open your bedroom door. Biff (Goes to his back pack on the floor and takes out the text): Oka...

Henry Sidgwick's Theories and Arguments

to that of Egoism which is based on the premise that mans concern with his own good is the basis of mans morality. Sidgwick in his...

Corporate social responsibility, cognitive dissonance, and preserving the environment.

Inasmuch as "dissonance theory applies to all situations involving attitude formation and change" (Cognitive Dissonance #2), the m...

Summary of Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman

the book follows the television series on which it is based. There is a chapter for each of the ten episodes. The first chapter, ...

Children Between Ages Six and Nine and Maria Montessori's Educational Theories

walked across the room -- the child stopped, walked across the room to the same point, and then came back and finished the work....

Contemporary Life and an Application of Virtue in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

warning regarding change: "Changes in estate also issue from this, for if, to one who governs himself with caution and patience, t...

Comparing Marriage in Mary Wollstonecraft's 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women' with Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'

with that described in her "Vindication". Henrik Ibsen wrote "A Dolls House" in 1879 during a time when womens rights were ...

Arguments of Henry Hazlitt

so on until that $250 is keeping everyone in business. The hoodlum who broke the window becomes an instrument of spreading busines...

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...

Plato's Republic and Five Essay Questions

self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

Meaning and Philosophy

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

Herodotus and Plato on Gyges of Lydia

about him, without the veil of nicety associated with polite conversation. Platos Gyges discovered the ring during a supern...

Informed Consent and British Medical Law

upper house has, in fact, been in a state of suspended reform for almost a century - ever since the unelected Tory landowners who...

Book Review of Theda Perdue's Cherokee Women Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835

Perdue (1999) examines the role of gender in Cherokee life during one of the most turbulent times of their history. During the...

Big Business, Capitalism, and Democracy Theories of Linda Moran, Lepore and Cohen, and Russell Ackoff

to their superior. This panel manages to set policy for the organization. One can see where this would be advantageous and does ta...