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Essays 1771 - 1800
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...
Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...
an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...
It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...
In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...
to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...
did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
believed that everything we had heard to the contrary from the Martin Luther Kings and the Roy Wilkinses and the Whiteny Youngs wa...
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...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...
of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...
Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...