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always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...

In ten pages this paper discusses how knowledge is considered via three types of philosophical arguments in The Republic by Plato....

In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...

In four pages Lewis's text is examined in terms of its religious purpose with the argument presented that the Garden of Eden serve...

In ten pages this research paper advocates an abridgement to the 1st Amendment that would prohibit hate speech in the U.S. with a ...

million are without water" (Jackson 20). All of these people are starving. In West Africa, the poverty is so severe that violenc...

He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeare...

the fetus. Pro-choice individuals often argue that the fetus is nothing more than a part of the womans body, with no more signific...

account of their experience with God" (Adamson, 2008). Human beings are capable of many things, and capable of believing, ...

(Marquand, 1997, p. 1). Dennis Pigman, a minister of the Assembly of God and a former chaplain on the Arkansas death row, believes...

choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...

morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...

well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...

not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...

the "moral" issues which have been registered in regards to two or more human sharing the same genetic code (DNA). This cannot pro...

permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

defines pornography, which is that they do not know what it is, but they know it when they see it (11). Similarly, it is not out o...

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

In five pages Arthur Waley's text is applied to a discussion of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism within the context of categoriz...

In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...

not just, but rapacious (1998). It is instead a theater of adaptive and predatory deception (1998). One can clearly see that Thras...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

obviously see elements of the man who wrote the story, for Kafka is often considered to be an individual who deeply examined his w...

power to enforce decisions (Lloyd, 2002). Hobbes also believed that an absolute monarchy was prefereable to other forms of govern...

This research paper examines eight questions that pertain to issues concerning economic philosophy. The topics addressed include t...

Christianity was based upon a vast compilation of both positive and negative influences acquired from the short-sightedness of pow...

including moral evil. Epicurus, by contrast, believed just the opposite and openly asserted how the gods have no sway over anyone...

for them, allowing them to live in a state of perfection. But, in so doing Adam and Eve would not have had free will. They would h...