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Essays 541 - 570
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...
most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...
but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
In five pages this paper discusses how the U.S. Civil War was the result of competing philosophies of states rights vs. a centrali...
expensive roadster, and momentarily loses control of the car, striking and killing a woman, Myrtle Wilson, whom readers later lear...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
the reader into the oppressive world of slavery. Indeed, it was the authors desire to bring attention to the injustices faced by ...
done right and what potentially could go wrong, in the end one has to choose the model or models that most closely resemble ones o...
saying the above statement. The names change and the nature of the addiction changes with the substance, but the goal and reward ...
on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...
If we accept the premise, therefore, that science is capable of defining physiological death then we must ask ourselves how do we ...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
He sought not to try to make people feel any better about themselves or the world in which they lived aside from empowering them t...
identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
attitude for science and the availability of educational opportunities, and the need for nurses in the job market, a the heart of ...
the ultimate outcome of client and process; establish a comprehensible process of evaluation where expectations are not in questio...
vital for survival (Protevi, 1998). Given this, water becomes a logical choice for the basis of the universe. But Thales went even...
truth that transcends the traditional means of understanding or knowing. For Aquinas, reason does have limitations. He writes: "N...
justified. As they expect to see signs of slothfulness and unprofessional conduct, this is precisely what they find. Their expecta...
academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...
including moral evil. Epicurus, by contrast, believed just the opposite and openly asserted how the gods have no sway over anyone...