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philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

that created a chasm between the haves and the "have nots." With people working for the government, and each getting an equal stip...

individual who naturally believes in true equality and empowerment across the entire population. The reasons it becomes so confusi...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...

arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on his off hour...

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

that the morality of choice is based on the greater good. The saying, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" arise...

between the patient and physician (technology, caring and values) are always present but may differ in balance. In addition, the r...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

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

just like their travel mates. As the plot unfolds, however, we find that these four have much more in common than they would care...

to is none other than that of the Romantic period. The person who considered himself a romantic, too, would question some of life...

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...

hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...

This research paper examines Kant's philosophy of transcendental deduction, with a specific focus on the transcendental unity of a...

Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...

gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

to Grotius more humane perspective was that of Jacques-Benigne Bossuets, who "reinforced medieval notions of kingship in his theor...

through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

usually associated with the Roman Catholic Pope, his presence does not seem to effect the laws of the government as women in Ital...

of achieving either on his own, with the aid of a teacher, or with the help of another more accomplished peer.(Zone, 2002). The st...

it is (L) that connects human behavior with the environment via "desires and beliefs" that the environment fosters in us (Rosenbe...

his own mind is anarchy. "The churches are closed, or opened only for the noisy discussions and drunken revels of a frenzied peopl...

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

paper is to explore that complex relationship as it falls under the liberal philosophy, that great tradition epitomized by such ph...

come forth (Honderich, 1995). The Epicureans and Stoics had played an important role in the philosophical tradition (1995). Epicur...