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In six pages this paper examines morality as represented by utilitarianism and as conceptualized by philosophers including Carol G...
In ten pages this paper discusses how contrary to popular opinion Nietzsche actually supports rather than rejects the man's need f...
This text is analyzed in a paper consisting of five pages which considers how in economics capitalism prevailed over communism. T...
of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...
guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...
Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...
for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...
a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...
an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...
In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...
philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...
Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
In eight pages O'Gorman's impact upon the thought of Latin America is examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....
he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...
In ten pages this paper examines William James' works as they pertain to life and ethics with suffering among the topics discussed...
This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...
all, but rather only the world (Burnet ch2bii). Modern terminology used by those sharing Xenophanes views would be that there lik...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...
In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...
In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...
In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe...