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Philosophy and Whether to Inform or Keep Mum

The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...

Existence According to George Berkeley

in front of me and a keyboard at my fingers. Is the movement of my fingers real as I type these words? The possibility that perh...

Infant Formula Marketing by Nestle and Morality

study, many infants actually died as a result because the women could not properly store the man-made food. Here, the moral dile...

Drug Law Philosoophy

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

Political Dominance of the Liberalism Philosophy

a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...

Philosophy and On Independent Thought Q and A

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

Western Concepts on Imagination and Its Origins

of poetry, since it is the expression of imagination that allows for emotional comprehension. Introduction Imagination i...

Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

Comparative Analysis of the Educational Theories of James Banks and John Dewey

of growing social concerns. As such, the impact and theories developed about human development and growth, as well as the learning...

A Case Study in McDonald's

was spare, another association that has been formed with the brand name, as was the standard menu. The Big Mac, a core menu item, ...

Friedrich Nietzsche and Nihilism

2001). In addition to a belief in nothing, nihilists often have an impulse to destroy perhaps anything that is based on a belief s...

Terminal Conditions and Informing Patients

patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

Career Objectives and Philosophy of Nursing

nursing is based significantly more within the psychological components of the patient/caregiver relationship than most people rea...

War Reporting and a Media Utilitarian Approach

In eight pages this paper examines war reporting with the emphasis upon Afghanistan terrorism in a consideration of how the media ...

William Godwin's Idealism

In eight pages the idealistic philosophy of William Godwin is examined. Four sources are listed in the bibliography....

Belief and Disbelief in an 'Accidental Century'

and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...

Jay Gatsby's Personal Philosophy in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

expensive roadster, and momentarily loses control of the car, striking and killing a woman, Myrtle Wilson, whom readers later lear...

A Theory of Justice by John Rawls

his particular notions; some of these are, in brief, that every person should have equal access to basic liberties and also that s...

Life as Seen Through the Classics

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

Ethics and Advertising

In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...

Materialistic Philosophy Epicureanism

Epicureanism propounded a lifestyle...

Reality and Knowledge and Descartes and Berkeley

think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...

EU and International Relations

In twelve pages this paper discusses international relations in a consideration of the European Union's philosophies as they relat...

Victorian Critic and Poet Matthew Arnold

noted for acerbity or harshness in his work; even though he was in many respects critical of the way in which contemporary society...

Thomas Paine and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Thomas Paine and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Three sources are cited...

Buddhism and Hinduism

Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...

Nature Concept

and the construction company wants to get on with their job of building whatever. Henry David Thoreau, in Walden Pond, written i...

Combating Philosophies and the U.S. Civil War

In five pages this paper discusses how the U.S. Civil War was the result of competing philosophies of states rights vs. a centrali...

Goodness of Government According to Niccolo Machiavelli and Aristotle

theory is brought forth numerous times throughout Aristotles well-read and well-quoted Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotles vie...

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Edgar Allan Poe's Composition Philosophy

creation of Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. For some time now, as the student researching this topic may be aware...