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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 a paper that contains four pages Aristotle's logic and employment of syllogism are heralded as being not only philosophically b...
In ten pages this essay presents a review of literature discussing how satisfaction in marriage is affected by chronic illness. T...
ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...
In seven pages and 2 parts this paper firs considers the perspectives of Anaximenes, Anaximander, and Thales and then examines Par...
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 discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...
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...
Christianity was based upon a vast compilation of both positive and negative influences acquired from the short-sightedness of pow...
In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...
In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...
Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...
guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...
voice to the grown up man that the young boy has become. He laments the fact that the labyrinths of life became difficult and stai...
an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...
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...
make jokes about someones sexuality is considered, at least in the circles that I hang in, to be lame and beneath contempt. Also...
actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...
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...
quickly taking over the world, leaving no room for anything else" (Williams, Dustin and McKenney, 2004). In his view, we were leav...
why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...
is aligned with the fact that people are alone all of the time because no one can experience what they are experiencing exactly. I...
children simply adopt and internalize the standards they are taught by their parents but Kohlberg found that children make moral j...
make rash judgments. Also, there could very well be exceptions to this happiness rule. Why did Aristotle believe that reason is eq...
Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...
academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...
It too can visually vary in color. On sunny days it is bright and inviting. When a storm is on the way, however, the color turns...