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tendencies within society and the fact that people are far too concerned with their own well being to fend for those who cannot fe...
Many contend that while God is all good, man has free will and brings the suffering on himself. At the same time, animals cannot r...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
Sisyphus himself perceives his condition....
Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...
was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...
II. Facts of the Case The case in question was presented to Lord Justice Ward, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Robert Wal...
one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...
and Cavaliers differ somewhat from those that are associated with Europe. What we most often remember in America is the differenc...
lie to the police, and fabricate "evidence," in order to protect her daughter from possible harm? Or, should she allow her daughte...
have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
(Amin, 1997; p. 8). In many ways we experience, and have experienced, growth of cultures through diversity, which provides us ...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
It is not the awareness, however, which overrides the ignorance, it is the cognition (Mohanty, 2001). Knowledge in this regard ca...
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...
This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...
The other part listens to reason "as one would listen to a father." Aristotle asserted that there was no absolute, objectively, ...
In five pages this paper applies the different philosophical perspectives of Machiavelli, Rousseau, and Kant in the retelling of t...
In five pages this paper examines the ethics of testing a child for this rare and fatal condition using Kantian and utilitarian ph...
This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...
In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' philosophical views on self examination and the importance of motivation within the i...
In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...