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guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...

Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...

In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...

In eight pages O'Gorman's impact upon the thought of Latin America is examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

In ten pages this paper examines William James' works as they pertain to life and ethics with suffering among the topics discussed...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...

Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...

all, but rather only the world (Burnet ch2bii). Modern terminology used by those sharing Xenophanes views would be that there lik...

he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...

as a problem (Frost, 1962). However, later philosophers, as they pondered the nature of the universe, began to see the fact of cha...

held the belief that morality was performed because of the will of an "other," rather than driven by the beast within (The Philoso...

was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...

discoveries of this philosopher? Has this person made a significant contribution that has led to the discovery or founding of some...

This paper examines space and time's inductive relativity as conceptualized by the paradoxes of Zeno in six pages. Four sources a...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...

one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...

In nine pages a business dilemma is examined by consulting philosophers Rawls, Mill, and Kant on how to best handle the economic d...

In five pages this paper examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

In twelve pages this paper examines these two classical philosophers in a comparative analysis of their thoughts and achievements....

donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...

his detractors?with an abandonment of standards within US classrooms in favor of a focus on growth and self-fulfillment (Berkowitz...

In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...

In five pages this report examines the relationship between God and the individual within the context of these writings by Martin ...