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can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

attacks were largely carried out by those fighting for their freedom from a corrupt system (the Russian Revolution) or for the fre...

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

in such a case: 1. They can tell the child what happened. 2. They can pretend that they dont know what happened. 3. They...

ethical, philosophical, and moral issues that characterize the one delivery mechanism also characterize the other. A particular c...

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

exist myriad philosophies by which people live their lives, which help maintain order and a sense of direction that otherwise woul...

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...

when they heard the ringing of the bells, for they would associate this with being fed. In Brave New World, behaviorism takes the...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

problem is that in 1970, it was suggested that Nestle was profiting at the expense of third world mothers. While breast-feeding is...

exactly? Wikipedia defines it as follows: " Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, ...

correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

in turn functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. Myriad philosophers, psychologists and sociologists have at...

(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...

there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...

a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...

all across the country make their respective appeals for racial equity that much more poignant. Frederick Douglass What To ...

the Bible - the Ten Commandments, the so-called Golden Rule, what civilized societies consider moral and immoral behaviors - all f...

tutelage of Peter of Ireland to study logic and natural sciences (Kennedy, 2006; McKerny, 2002). It was there that he first met me...