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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...
discoveries of this philosopher? Has this person made a significant contribution that has led to the discovery or founding of some...
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...
was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...
This paper examines space and time's inductive relativity as conceptualized by the paradoxes of Zeno in six pages. Four sources a...
In five pages this paper examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...
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 considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...
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...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
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 ...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
all, but rather only the world (Burnet ch2bii). Modern terminology used by those sharing Xenophanes views would be that there lik...
the context of a modern society. Certainly, today Maimonides instruction to beat wives who neglect their wifely "duties" would not...
hearts of those he represented. It was Strauss ongoing quest to delve into the deepest recesses of German intellectuals and polit...
In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...
universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...
In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...
In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...
In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...
In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...
In six pages this paper examines morality as represented by utilitarianism and as conceptualized by philosophers including Carol G...