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manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
2002). It is the dominant religion in India and Nepal Dating back to prehistoric times, it is no surprise that Hinduism has had a...
social order and how it was best managed. The founder of this school of though; Confucius, also known as Kong Zi or Master Kong, l...
who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...
with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...
action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...
"hoppers" and "superpredators" (Wagner, 2001). And during one week in California, youth committed heinous crimes including one 15-...
anti-discrimination legal issues and laws, equal rights protection, and the newer "discipline" of modern and critical race theory....
keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...
and nurses often object to actively participating in active euthanasia on the basis of their professional codes which explicitly p...
that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...
is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
political ends, one should do so through peace and peaceful activism, and not through violence. There were many other philosophica...
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...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...
Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...
is anguish all the time, but there is also a sense of joy at the realization that one is inextricably bound with another. This sen...
are the natural order of things. Are there coincidences, or do no coincidences exist? Much again, has to do with how a person perc...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
does not love and who is better than twenty years older than her. Then, his son goes into the future son-in-laws bank and manages ...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
In eight pages this paper discusses reconstructionism, progressivism, essentialism, and perennialism philosophical approaches to p...
In five pages this paper examines ethical objectivism and ethical relativism from a philosophical perspective. Two sources are ci...
concept of beauty, and or, justice. To be able to re-cognize these, one must have the memory of the idea which in an intellectual...
the nineteenth century, abortion was seen as the only recourse for women who had become pregnant due to being lured into the bed o...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...