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Essays 511 - 540
it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...
"what is justice?" and after a definition is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously con...
hesitate to say what he believed and never compromised" (Thomas Mott Osbornes Within Prison Walls). In 1913, Osborne "was appoi...
existence will continue and the thing that people are most afraid of-death-is something that is comprehended as tolerable. Death b...
to discover the absolute. When you have arrived at the journeys end then you have achieved absolute knowledge. In order to attain...
in turn functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. Myriad philosophers, psychologists and sociologists have at...
is not that everyone just does what they think is right or what society tells them is right, but they sense that something good co...
particularly interesting examination of the variation that exists even in the face of a transcending moral code can be made with a...
system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...
say that while the theorists do each embrace the same explanation as to why political authority must exist, they do not agree on w...
Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...
ability has improved considerably, inasmuch as the decisions I now make are more analytical and based upon a broader and more dive...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
in Eriksons stages. Each has two names: Trust vs. Mistrust; Autonomy vs. Shame; Initiative vs. Guilt; Industry vs. Inferiority; Id...
universal laws? Clearly, they can sometimes, but other times they would not be thought of in such a manner. John Stuart Mill on th...
the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...
gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...
In six pages this Australian owned subsidiary of a Japanese company is discussed in terms of goals, performance, and parent corpor...
when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...
upon an instructor who cannot handle the task. However, those who are called in to substitute for the AWOL educators provide an e...
last resort, remove the student from the class : A student who insists on behaving cannot be allowed to disrupt the learning proce...
therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...
In five pages this paper examines the Bourdieu and Kant philosophical views represented in these texts by Barker and Du Maurier. ...
commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...
by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
institution of marriage, and the influence that family structures, including relationship triangles, have on individuals. Because...
the standards movement. This "default" philosophy emerges from a behaviorist, positivists background that places great emphasis...
would be no hope of redemption or change. Frankl supports this position by contending that mans search for meaning "is the primar...