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Essays 1411 - 1440
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
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...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
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...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...
in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...
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...
In five pages business ethics are examined through applications of theories by philosophers David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and John St...
reason (Anonymous, 2001, April 16). Utilitarianism Utilitarianism, on the other hand, is an approach to morality that was devel...
have groomed themselves for heaven. They have made sure to live clean lives so their souls will be saved. Agnostics and atheists e...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Socrates' views on morality with those of Friedrich Nietzsche as expressed in Birt...
This research paper addresses eight specific quetions, offering answers, concerning issues that pertain to Kant, Mill and Aristotl...
In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...
In seven pages this research paper examines the ethical theory of Immanuel Kant in a consideration of his lying stance. Four sour...
and the natural rights that inherently accompany such ownership. Within the realm of life exists inherent elements to ones existe...
In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...
This paper examines the true meaning of the very vague word, good. The author points out that the word has two separate and unique...
In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...
In twenty pages this paper examines Great Britain's post compulsory education from political, cultural, and socioeconomic perspect...
what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...
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...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
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...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...