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'Political Moralists' and Morality as Viewed by Immanuel Kant

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

19th Century and Science's Triumph

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

Themes in The Analects by Confucius

In six pages the Confucian Analects are examined in terms of the themes ths ancient Chinese philosophical work presents. There ar...

Philosophers on International Relations

donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...

A Speech Inspired by Anna Sewell's Black Beauty

In this paper consisting of three pages an animal fable speech that mirrors the literary style of the novel features similar word ...

Implications of Fertility Drug Usage

In five pages the medical ethics, theological, and philosophical issues associated with fertility drug usage are explored. Fourte...

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

In five pages knowledge in terms of concept, foundation, and actual application as perceived by Russell is examined within the con...

'Philo Counselor' Article Reviewed

This paper reviews a Psychology Today article in two pages and discusses how the traditional psychologist differs from the more ph...

Religion, Faith, and the Ontological Argument

In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...

Chapters Two and Four of Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

regarded as being little more than attempting to keep a pig satisfied. Because man has the intellectual capacity for reason, he s...

Mary Follett and Deming's Philosophies of Management

In ten pages this paper examines these two management theorists in a comparative analysis of philosophical differences and similar...

Philosophy of Marxism

In five pages this paper examines historical materialism, alienation, and other philosophical concepts as they are featured in The...

Human Nature According to Edmund Burke and Karl Marx

In six pages this paper discusses human nature from the philosophical perspectives of Karl Marx and Edmund Burke in a consideratio...

Government According to John Locke, Karl Marx, and Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages the concept of government is discussed in a contrast and comparison of the philosophical views offered by Marx and R...

Thomas Hobbes and Plato II

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical views of Hobbes and Plato regarding the state and democracy as re...

Philosophers Compared

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

Philosophy and Imagination in William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

poets intended to discard the pompous idiom of eighteenth century verse, and to employ the real language of modern men and women -...

Romanticism in the Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In eight pages this paper discusses Emerson's poetry not for its original thinking but for the philosophical crossroads his works ...

The 'Essay on Man' by Alexander Pope

In fifteen pages this narrative poem is analyzed in terms of its depiction of the eighteenth century man with each of the four sec...

Poetic Metaphors Used by Boccaccio, Aquinas, Sidney, Shelley, and Aristotle

In twelve pages the poetic metaphor and its value is assessed within the works of these varied literary and philosophical icons. ...

Philosophy and the Concept of 'Good'

What constitutes good is considered from a philosophical perspective in five pages with the focus being on the philosophies of Pla...

Soul's Role in Plato's The Republic and Phaedo

In ten pages this research paper examines Plato's portrayal of the soul as being imprisoned and how it relates to a harmonious sta...

German Middle Ages and Philosopher Leo Strauss

hearts of those he represented. It was Strauss ongoing quest to delve into the deepest recesses of German intellectuals and polit...

'Evil Genius' and Rene Descartes

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

Unstoppable Knowledge Pursuit

In five pages this paper considers the philosophical views of David Hume and Socrates regarding Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation ...

Political Theory of Jewish Philosopher Moses Maimonides

the context of a modern society. Certainly, today Maimonides instruction to beat wives who neglect their wifely "duties" would not...

Reasons or Causes and Individual Actions

In fourteen pages the causality of people's actions and whether or not they are rooted in reasons are examined through social scie...

Ramanuja and Sankara Compared

In five pages two Indian Vedanta philosophical doctrines are examined in a comparative analysis. Six sources are cited in the bib...

Carol Hanisch's 'The Personal is Political'

In seven pages this paper examines this slogan in a consideration of its organizational as well as philosophical ramifications. F...

John Stuart Mill Arguing in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana

In five pages the philosophical concepts of John Stuart Mill are used to argue in support of U.S. marijuana legalization. Three s...