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points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

philosophical movement that appeared in Great Britain and suggested that all knowledge is experiential ("British," 2004). In other...

Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...

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

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

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

normal children do. However, these tasks that ordinary children dont think twice about, offer sincere and daunting challenges to t...

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

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...

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

course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...

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...

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

fully clothed to completely nude was a symbol in and of itself: Aphrodite had begun a journey exemplifying female physical beauty,...

if cats and dogs and other animals are pets and viewed as members of the family, how can people experiment on them and then put th...

Families face a myriad of concerns and issues. Parents may disagree about parenting styles, there may be behavioral or academic pr...

there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...

(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...

but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

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

Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...

attacks were largely carried out by those fighting for their freedom from a corrupt system (the Russian Revolution) or for the fre...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...