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

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

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

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

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...

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...

In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...

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

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...

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

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

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...

In a paper that contains four pages Aristotle's logic and employment of syllogism are heralded as being not only philosophically b...

In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...

In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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 ...

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

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

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