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Essays 331 - 360
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...
know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...
actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...
an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...
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...
namely that similarities between myths count the most, that myth must be interpreted nonliterally and that religions, for the most...
that appraisal in terms of wrong, immoral, or wicked is appropriate: only in this area that deterrence and retribution as they ope...
considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...
Mad Love, Breton attempts to accomplish the impossible - to textually recreate the basic emotions of passion and desire, which mov...
his or her own singular importance. "The ethical is the universal, and as such it is again the divine. One has therefore a right ...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
reasons why Mill make this assertion at the close of his argument lie within the work itself. In chapter III, Mill puts worth two ...
This paper will also analyze whether Tacitus was correct in his belief that judiciary freedom was ruined in the presence of the em...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are...
of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...
not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...
that sensible things mean those items or realities that can be perceived by the senses of a human being. Philonous states the foll...
Rawls, these individuals have what he calls "two moral powers" and explains these in the following manner: (1) One such power is t...
being proper, of conforming to contemporary uses and customs. These rules extend to practically every aspect of our lives. There...
is supplemented by innate elements of the intellect (DeLouth, 2002). This theory keyed into the nature-nurture debate. Skipping ...
is just one example, but he is still an example of a writer who characterized a generation. Swifts humor and sarcasm demonstrates ...
right to political participation and freedom of religion, became the motivating forces behind the English Revolution of 1640, whic...
own life? Not all philosophers would agree with the path he ultimately chose. First, it is important to keep in mind that practi...
world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...
from mans knowledge of truth; Aristotle believed that all men pursued happiness which came not from wealth but from contemplation ...