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considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

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

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

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...

conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

In five pages such concepts as dialectic method, proletariat and bourgeois, and production's relations and means are discussed wit...

and Anaximenes (Is Philosophy Possible?). However, there were a great many others who contributed to the mainstream of postulate...

In seven pages this paper examines the social contract in concept and incorporates the philosophical views of Thomas Hobbes and Jo...

In fourteen pages this paper considers the philosophical concept existentialism and then applies it to the 1976 film Taxi Driver a...

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

In five pages this paper examines the concept of 'political moralist' and how it does not apply to Kant's philosophical ideas rega...

probably the concept most applicable here. This concept is essentially the philosophy of history according to Marx. Historical mat...

In five pages this paper considers the attributes of JFK in order to make a determination if he was more teacher or leader with sp...

In five pages this group and its political, philosophical, and religious concepts past and present are compared and contrasted. F...

the text should fit the music, not the other way around. His opera, La Nozza de Figaro, while following the parameters of the comi...

of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

to attain a better existence for itself, it has inadvertently caused a domino effect when it comes to such personal pursuits. It ...

trade. Barbaric pursuits held no interest, and the Chinese certainly knew their medicine and culture were vastly superior. ...

what the concept of rights truly meant to the populace as a whole, with his general consensus reflecting the respect for and appre...

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

that conscious experience is common at many levels of animal life, and Nagel (1974) uses the assumption that non-human animal form...

(Amin, 1997; p. 8). In many ways we experience, and have experienced, growth of cultures through diversity, which provides us ...

himself, without mischief reaching at least to his near connexions, and often far beyond them"(Mills,9). John Stuart Mill seemed ...

whatever the reason an individual takes on such a project, the principles of learning apply. As support, the article lists severa...

action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...