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Analyzing David Hume's Essay 'Miracles'

other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...

Socrates and Callicles Dialogue

to shake off these social controls and become the master rather than the slave. This, he argues, is the true justice of nature: la...

Coaching and Philosophy

In eleven pages this paper discussed athletic coaching and the application of various philosophical ideas. Two sources are cited ...

Goodness and Philosophy

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

Moral Responsibility, Determinism, and Free Will

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

Cloning Argument of Mary Warnock

the "moral" issues which have been registered in regards to two or more human sharing the same genetic code (DNA). This cannot pro...

Rene Descartes' Contributions

In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Philosopher David Hume's Ideologies

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

Evaluation of an Article on Plato's Republic and Communist Concepts

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

Karl Marx's 1844 Manuscripts Ideas

while in society today, the concept is well accepted, Marx prompts one to question the ethics of capitalism. When all is said and ...

Abolishing the Patent Monopoly

biotechnology can easily run up to tens of thousands of pages, including text and diagrams (Malone, 2002). Each one must be read w...

Overview of Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...

Christine Busalacchi and Euthanasia

that she was much more responsive and seemed to be improving. Still not fully conscious, at times she would be able to "communica...

John Dewey and Richard Rorty Philosophical Parallels

our understanding of language, democracy, the individual (self), within both the public and private spheres. Rorty notes, for exa...

Global Changes and Cultural Diversity

to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...

A Philosophy Basic Overview

In this paper consisting of twenty pages questions regarding such influential philosophers as Robert Nozick, Mary Daly, the Stoics...

Thomas Hobbes and Aristotle on Human Nature

the civilization that had sprung up, flourished for centuries, and now stood on the brink of massive change in his native land of ...

Argumentative Essay on the Personal Decision of Abortion

involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...

Shamrock Diamond Ethical

shareholders and the only other ethical duties are those which are required for business, these include legal requirements and the...

Sense Certainty According to Georg Hegel

sense of direction that otherwise would merely drift in subconscious thought, which also helps to apply a modicum of understanding...

Quine's "On What There Is"

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

Questions on Aristotle and Hobbes

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

Problems in the Meat-Packing Industry

problems in the industry. Yet, while it is arguable as to the degree of safety problems inherent in the industry, it is safe to sa...

Ethical Perspectives on Factory Farm Raising of Animals for Human Consumption

with the profits generated from their production of greater importance than the care and welfare of the animals (505). During the...

Implementation Issues for the Kava Project

to run the facility. Although the area is underdeveloped, there has been a development on the islands and as such it is likely the...

American Life Duality and the Tradition of John Locke

to living their lives at the mercy of their rulers. The vote for colonial democracy was a vote for the freedoms that are intrinsi...

U.S., China, and Development of Industrialization

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

David Hume's Philosophical Arguments on the Global Presence of Evil

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...

Emergency Room and Making Ethical Decisions

the ability to learn nursings technical complexities and already have full command of ethical values to the point that the can act...

Freedom, Liberty, and Justice According to Martin Luther King Jr., Cicero, and John Stuart Mill

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