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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...
"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...
used to understand present and future situations. Interestingly, the author points out that when taking the models of socialism an...
His fathers expectations of him are something that Biff knows he can never fulfill, therefore, he becomes critical of himself when...
Two obvious questions linked with personalized medicine are: * Who can receive such personalized treatment? * Who pays for that pe...
7. Ford brought the Pinto to market in September 1970, in time for the 1971 models, as directed (Davidson, 1984). The development ...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...
and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...
it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...
institution of marriage, and the influence that family structures, including relationship triangles, have on individuals. Because...
Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...
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, ...
human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...
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...
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,...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
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...
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...
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...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...