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of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...

lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...

ability to allow us the opportunity to interpret the rational through the concrete forms presented in art. Hegel believed that ...

the solider represents the state and the people are merely innocent bystanders. At the same time, during a draft, one could also a...

the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...

(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

it was necessary to develop an account of human nature....

being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...

understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...

most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...

and rely on previous works and historical documents to formulate a guideline. Since the publication of the entire 90 volumes of wo...

well for nearly a century. There appears to be no need for the company to change many of its organizational structures now that it...

The life of Joseph Beuys began as a very conservative one as he was the only child born in a Catholic middle class family in Krefe...

world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...

pass another mid point, and so on into infinity (OConnor and Robertson, 1996). The argument looks at this as proving that motion m...

purposes of taming Enkidu, the wild man (Radcliffe, 2001). Enkidu is important to the story as he exemplifies the average man in s...

her actions as an individual and as a member of the military? Or is there a different moral principle at play? Only Hester can say...

to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...

technical crime. It is worth noting that ethics is not what values are actually held by the courts or the individuals, but of th...

explanation, and ultimately irrational," but he also "considered life valuable and worth defending. While the American public thou...

Hindus in that they also believe that dharma is a natural universal law which is in and pervades everything. To live in harmony wi...

existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...

critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is nothing more than a veiled continuation of social domination. Distin...

break through by inventing a new paradigm are] almost always...either very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they chan...

until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...

branched out from its Arkansan roots (Wal-Mart (a)). The corporation opened its home office and first distribution center in the n...