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well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...

avoids trying to force the same concept of right and wrong upon all of the worlds societies, objectivism believes there is conside...

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

the time, today people are faced with decisions and can decide to be honest or face dire consequences. Journalists today sometimes...

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

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

In seven pages MacIntyre's perspectives on these men and their philosophies are discussed as presented in After Virtue. Four sour...

In eight pages this paper considers Karl Popper's thoughts on Galileo's theories, who himself had been critical of Ptolemy and Ari...

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

In three pages this paper discusses 'the pursuit of excellence' deemed by Socrates as life's goal. There are no other sources lis...

In five pages this paper examines the perspectives on justice expressed by Plato in The Republic and in the Bible's Book of Luke. ...

between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

"what is justice?" and after a definition is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously con...

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

some sort of graft then the government will also. Socrates, if one reads any of Platos works, seems to be a...

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...

that the story being told is one that has been re-told so often that it is little more than hearsay, and it is from this "story of...

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...

too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...

it" (Aristotle, 350 B.C.E., p. PG). Here he brings up the subject of lying, a principle in society that seems to be upheld. Certai...

law, and politics" (Anonymous, 2001). According to Aristotelian conjecture, those who compromise their political morality do so i...

be regarded as involuntary because it is not externally rooted in another person; but it is irrational and therefore not represent...

a longer period of time, which serves to dilute the effectiveness of presence and the experiences intensity. With the sensation o...

Aristotle. The sky is of course something that perhaps is significant in esoteric matters. After all, the sky is quite provocativ...

philosopher, would aid in curtailing discord while broadening the trust that must exist between peoples. Using the Myth of ...