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Marx, the freedom was not in the ability to acquire wealth, or the opportunities, but rather in equality. It was the ability to li...
or that their lives are even close to resembling those of the first disciples?" (as qtd. in Galli, 2002, p.62). He poses a good qu...
In 6 pages this paper examines how these philosophers regarded national law and the social contracts of man in a comparison and co...
In 5 pages this ethical consideration discusses 3 philosophers' views on removing medical patients from life support. There are 5...
in their business. On the other side are those who want totalitarian rule, where the people have little say in what goes on. Betwe...
In five pages this report examines the permissibility of social inequality according to philosophers Jean Jacques Rousseau and Joh...
In five pages Rene Descartes' Meditation II is examined in terms of the moral complexities of the philosopher's assertion 'I am, I...
In ten pages An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes are asses...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages, Mill's 'The Subjection of Women' reveals the philosopher's feminist views particularly in terms ...
In five pages this report considers how Aquinas differentiated between eternal law and natural law in a discussion that also inclu...
In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...
to hold property" (Child, 1990, p. 578). For him, it was an inherent and instinctive part of human nature. In Chapter 5, "Of Pro...
Professor Chisholm's argument and counterargument are presented in a paper of 6 pages that ultimately supports the philosopher's c...
the only species that truly does not understand the depth and intensity that animals possess in their special consciousness. When...
circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...
only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
and Anaximenes (Is Philosophy Possible?). However, there were a great many others who contributed to the mainstream of postulate...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
In five pages the Critique of Judgment by Immanuel Kant is discussed in a consideration of the philosopher's sublime concept. Fou...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...
because although God has given man great riches, he has limited it: "The same law of nature, that does by this means give us prop...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...
are relativist ones" (Putnam as cited in Geras, 1995, p. 108). At face value, it does appear that Rortys ideas are not objective....
who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...
correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...
being within society: "the proper excellence or virtue of man will be the habit or trained faculty that makes a man good and makes...
deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...