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Essays 1651 - 1680
what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...
and the natural rights that inherently accompany such ownership. Within the realm of life exists inherent elements to ones existe...
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 business ethics are examined through applications of theories by philosophers David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and John St...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Socrates' views on morality with those of Friedrich Nietzsche as expressed in Birt...
In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...
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...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
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,...
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...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...
but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...
In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...
In six pages 7 student posed questions regarding how these philosophers interpret morality and ethics are answered. Four sources ...
In ten pages this paper answers 3 questions on artificial intelligence and cognitive behavior, subject and object approaches, and ...
This paper applies existentialism to an analysis of the character Jack in the Titanic film by director James Cameron in 5 pages. ...