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including moral evil. Epicurus, by contrast, believed just the opposite and openly asserted how the gods have no sway over anyone...
considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...
lived in a society where multifetal pregnancy reduction was a socially acceptable alternative to the numerous fetuses produced by ...
conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...
that Piaget didnt recognize that children could learn from their environment, however. Indeed, Piagets work reinforced the common...
or sight) was subjected to each individuals standards of judgment. Whereas concrete facts were not changeable or subject to ones i...
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, ...
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...
of dressing appropriately for the formal work environment. What if you long for the outdoors and physical activity? It is a clich?...
human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...
Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...
therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...
gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...
persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...
As such, attempting to interpret knowledge, language and meaning is to draw from the innermost recesses of ones existence. Hermen...
serving as common denominators for any potentially unified answer: Mans beliefs are either perceptional or inferential in nature (...
humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...
belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...
fine, but teaching them what counts is best." This quote, which includes a clever play on words, suggests a very practical approac...
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...
It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...
must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...
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...
and the natural rights that inherently accompany such ownership. Within the realm of life exists inherent elements to ones existe...
In seven pages this research paper examines the ethical theory of Immanuel Kant in a consideration of his lying stance. Four sour...
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...
This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...