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conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

certainty. I might as well take a shower. I hurried, in an effort to at least reduce the amount of time I would walk into the door...

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...

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

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 ...

being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...

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...

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

for social control and the exercise of power, on the other. All government, indeed, all institutions of society, exist along this ...

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...

are the natural order of things. Are there coincidences, or do no coincidences exist? Much again, has to do with how a person perc...

Sisyphus himself perceives his condition....

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

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 ...

not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...

and Cavaliers differ somewhat from those that are associated with Europe. What we most often remember in America is the differenc...

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

past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...

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

II. Facts of the Case The case in question was presented to Lord Justice Ward, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Robert Wal...

the idea that there are reasons for implementing law beyond the idea of just maintaining law and order. Other supporters of positi...