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Essays 1561 - 1590

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...

Philosophy and Barker's The Ghost Road and Du Maurier's Rebecca

In five pages this paper examines the Bourdieu and Kant philosophical views represented in these texts by Barker and Du Maurier. ...

Honesty and Ethics in Philosophy

commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...

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...

Freedom Views of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

say that while the theorists do each embrace the same explanation as to why political authority must exist, they do not agree on w...

Religion and the Perspectives of Karl Marx

existence will continue and the thing that people are most afraid of-death-is something that is comprehended as tolerable. Death b...

Walter Kaufmann's Hegel, Text and Commentary

to discover the absolute. When you have arrived at the journeys end then you have achieved absolute knowledge. In order to attain...

Section IX of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

Psychosocial Theories of Erik Erikson

in Eriksons stages. Each has two names: Trust vs. Mistrust; Autonomy vs. Shame; Initiative vs. Guilt; Industry vs. Inferiority; Id...

Utilitarian vs. Kantian Philosophies

universal laws? Clearly, they can sometimes, but other times they would not be thought of in such a manner. John Stuart Mill on th...

Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...

Justice and Self Interest Philosophies

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

Educational Philosophy of John Dewey

gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...

Personal Influences on Nursing Philosophy

ability has improved considerably, inasmuch as the decisions I now make are more analytical and based upon a broader and more dive...

Plan for Managing the Classroom

last resort, remove the student from the class : A student who insists on behaving cannot be allowed to disrupt the learning proce...

Advanced Nursing Practice Philosophy

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

Thematic Lesson Plan That is Developmentally Appropriate

2004b). They can be used for self-directed study, small group study, projects, experiments or in many other ways (NCREL, 2004b). ...

Educational Philosophy

upon an instructor who cannot handle the task. However, those who are called in to substitute for the AWOL educators provide an e...

German Retail Industry Case and General Application of Business Ethics

to pressure they undertook to dispose the oil rig on land, which they knew and was later proved to be both more costly and more da...

A Personal System of Philosophy

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

Volunteerism in the Assistance of Dogs

the board or they may witness a dog being beaten to death and nothing is done. In fact, the plight of the homeless dog is a cause ...

Fashion Designer Coco Chanel

you based your entire philosophy and overall concept on monumental changes within the fashion industry where womens clothing is co...

Unpopularity, Societal Disapproval and a Socratic Dialogue

David: So you can be popular? Allen: Yeah. David: Why do you want to be popular Allen? I know everyone wants to be popular in h...

Philosophies on Personal Learning

1999, p. 104+) - believed children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the void, but rath...

Aristotle and Rene Descartes Define Philosophy

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

Philosophy and Logos

persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

Jesus Christ and Friedrich Nietzsche

from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...

The Energy Crisis in California and the Impacts on Education

with the state Capitol in order to "protect schools from shocks generated by Californias energy crisis" (Anonymous #2 PG). The ve...

Robert W. Howard's "The Shrinking Of Social Studies" - Reaction

learning through more evenhanded methods. Howard (2003) duly points out how standardization benefits no one but the bureaucrats w...