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Essays 271 - 300
The writer discusses the fact that in Beowulf, which is the oldest poem in English, many of Beowulf's enemies are non-humans. Thes...
Errol Harris revisits a question that has stumped philosophers, theologians and ordinary folks for centuries: if God is good, how ...
Thought. Author: Susan Neiman). As it pertains to what the author offers up, in similar respects concerning human nature, regardi...
not aware of prior to the drug, and it could well be argued that it inspired him to write this story, a story that delves into the...
tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...
Weapon movie directed by Norman Rockwell" (Mitchell). Thats a very good, if snarky, description. That being the case, its not sur...
Testament. The general thought is that Moses wrote these texts during the forty years of the Exodus which would have been between ...
refers to the textbook that you provided links to. The brief said to reference this book, but your links gave no indication of the...
principal rationalization behind the lottery when he says, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson). Warner disparages thos...
Goodman presents challenges to relativism, which is the view that morality is relative and that ethical truths are dependent on th...
This essay is structured in three sections. The first section consists of a one page essay that describes Jackson's use of foresha...
who stood in his path to the English throne, was so memorable that his work of fiction has become accepted as historical fact. Ho...
barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...
abnegates any evil whatsoever. Blake seems to believe, as one can readily determine from a study of his other works, that evil is...
reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...
evil, the insurance company. Rudy faces an experienced lawyer, Leo F. Drummond, and five of his associates in the courtroom scenes...
inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...
much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...
to allow him to survive. Pojman draws a distinction between ethics (or morality), on the one hand, and etiquette, law, and religio...
as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...
of blaming the victim for not being spiritually "pure" is something that goes back to the Middle Ages when the plague was thought ...
Despite the obvious panic, a visibly ailing President of the United States attempts to reassure a shaken nation by vehemently deny...
(Melville 2435). The crew were drawn to Billy Budd like a moth to a flame, and Melville wrote, "They all love him... Anybody will...
were full of all the fire and brimstone of a religious fanatic. Whenever evil would cross his path, such as in the form of an omi...
directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...
In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...
one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...
by allowing some evils to exist, it makes possible greater goods that cannot be obtained by any other route (Honderich, et al 255)...
in society. The way the book is presented may be interpreted as propaganda, with every event appearing to be purposefully chosen t...
The author discusses the variation that exist in regard to how people perceive good verses evil. This variation leads to conflict...