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solution. Rousseau was an individual who attempted to incorporate civil religion as that solution. One author tells us that "Rouss...

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...

consider that if an entity, such as a nation, is to grow and become prosperous there will be enemies and as such perhaps war is es...

avoids trying to force the same concept of right and wrong upon all of the worlds societies, objectivism believes there is conside...

well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...

defines pornography, which is that they do not know what it is, but they know it when they see it (11). Similarly, it is not out o...

should be used to silence the opinions of others makes the implied assumption that his opinions are infallible. Mill grants that i...

for social control and the exercise of power, on the other. All government, indeed, all institutions of society, exist along this ...

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...

the time, today people are faced with decisions and can decide to be honest or face dire consequences. Journalists today sometimes...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

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...

worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...

that she was much more responsive and seemed to be improving. Still not fully conscious, at times she would be able to "communica...

our understanding of language, democracy, the individual (self), within both the public and private spheres. Rorty notes, for exa...

In nineteen pages this paper discusses the philosophical education of teenager Sophie Amundsen in Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder'...

In five pages such concepts as dialectic method, proletariat and bourgeois, and production's relations and means are discussed wit...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

biotechnology can easily run up to tens of thousands of pages, including text and diagrams (Malone, 2002). Each one must be read w...

to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...