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The Teaching Profession from a Philosophical Position

teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...

Contemporary Western Culture and Humanities

deal of power into one ruler (or, at the very least, a collection of rulers who wont end up fighting among themselves)....

U.S. American Peace Organizations and Activities

a larger number of people were appraised of the issues. Understanding who these past groups were allows one to adequately compare...

Economy Theory and the Industrial Revolution's Impact

about the factory workers and how they did not feel as if they accomplish anything. This idea of course was born on the backs of t...

Insights and Concepts Regarding Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

steeled and a heart trans- formed into brass, so as to bear the weight of such responsibility" (Nietzsche, p.129). One can see tha...

Virtue Ethics Case Analysis

half weeks pay. Sheila leaves a message on Wandas machine saying that she will pick up the dolls that evening, and a check for her...

The Theory of Utilitarianism

up with perhaps the earliest fully developed system of utilitarianism, of which two prominent features are noteworthy ("Utilitari...

Publius Case Study

retrieve the document, hed go to a directory kept on "a Publius-affiliated Web site" and then the "network itself would do the wor...

Eastern Philosophical Traditions and Aesthetic Experiences

in turn functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. Myriad philosophers, psychologists and sociologists have at...

The Position of Philosophy and Women in Ancient Greece

system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...

Aristotle and John Stuart Mill on Virtue

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...

Confucianism, Islam, Kinship Responsibilities and Moral Codes

particularly interesting examination of the variation that exists even in the face of a transcending moral code can be made with a...

Voltaire's Candide and Literature of the Enlightenment

it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...

Professional Practice and Nursing Philosophy

and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...

Obstacles of Knowledge According to Francis Bacon

were synonymous. In his investigations into science, Aristotle knew of inductive reasoning, but he relied heavily on use of the de...

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

Morality and Religion According to Immanuel Kant

what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...

Beat Generation, Burroughs, and Kerouac

world which has lost its humanity. The insane way in which the book is put together only reinforces the theme of madness. I Dont W...

John Locke and David Hume on Knowledge

One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...

Knowledge, What We Know and How We Know It

may use divergent approaches, such as those of feminism and critical enquiry. In the arguments of feminism there is a reflection o...

Nursing and Knowledge

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

Social Policy and its Formation

need to resolve these problems and that all values of the society can be known and evaluated (DiNitto 5). It further assumes that ...

Concept of the Human Imagination

What is Imagination? Imagination is "the power of the mind to consider things which are not present to the senses, and to consid...

Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

Doctrine of the Trinity and Saint Augustine

either good or evil. There was no "middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his...

Jean Watson's Nursing Theories

the word alone that Watsons ideology is based not just upon clinical actions but upon the implementation of emotional availability...

Biography of 19th Century British Romantic Poet William Blake

begin studying engraving and it would be here that his genius would find a purchase. As a young man, some biographies state,...

Philosophy Paper Sample on Junger, Zola, Dostoyevsky, and Nietzsche

been warriors but are now too docile for their own survival. Those who are poor are not poor because of the system, but are poor b...

Philosophy of Nursing and Values

money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...

Hypothetical Criminal Intelligence Unit Examined

the Criminal Investigations Bureau but it is also identified as "a support function for the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT...