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Essays 1741 - 1770
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...
and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...
and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...
between the patient and physician (technology, caring and values) are always present but may differ in balance. In addition, the r...
challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...
the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
This research paper examines Kant's philosophy of transcendental deduction, with a specific focus on the transcendental unity of a...
Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...
philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...
address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...
arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on his off hour...
for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
their anxiety in significantly negative ways. Diversity in the type of sport is yet another critical consideration when it comes ...
truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...
stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...
just like their travel mates. As the plot unfolds, however, we find that these four have much more in common than they would care...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
to is none other than that of the Romantic period. The person who considered himself a romantic, too, would question some of life...
the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...
of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...
1986). Rands "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" (1986) was first published in 1962 and exemplified many of her philosophies of...
Chief among notable theologians to undertake study of this matter is Jurgen Moltmann, and his philosophy is often referred to as t...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...