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

of the patient (beneficence); * does not perform functions that can do harm to the patient (non-malficence); * practice fairness...

In four pages this paper examines the philosophical insights each of these works offer. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...

be the greater injustice. It can be contended that Socrates was correct, that the death penalty is an important tool for insuring...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

lessons. There is an old saying that claims that those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it. And although most ag...

behind progress in other areas. I. Introduction When a Bichon Frise was thrown into traffic and killed early in 2000, due to ...

is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...

meaningless activities of play, for example, could have a tremendous impact on the development of the child. He identified four c...

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

of wildlife and marine life are being endangered as well. Business must make a better effort to solve pollution problems not simp...

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

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

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

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...

the public quite often. Yet, behind some of these more popular concepts are theoretical models that could prove important as well....

prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette p...

difference plays a part in substance use and abuse. In other words, females are more inclined to be judged by their peers and pare...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...

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

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...

it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...