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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...
the solider represents the state and the people are merely innocent bystanders. At the same time, during a draft, one could also a...
that anyone of Jewish descent or faith were in terrible danger, yet they chose to stay, hoping that it would go away, or that God ...
chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...
contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...
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 ...
gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...
for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...
arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on his off hour...
the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...
Within a short time however, Locke was relieved of his public duties, and left England due to the ill effects of the climate on hi...
perfected the art of terrorism. The Arab/Israeli conflict, gives a great example of this. Both groups of people are bound to disli...
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
paper is to explore that complex relationship as it falls under the liberal philosophy, that great tradition epitomized by such ph...
some sort of graft then the government will also. Socrates, if one reads any of Platos works, seems to be a...
come forth (Honderich, 1995). The Epicureans and Stoics had played an important role in the philosophical tradition (1995). Epicur...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
their anxiety in significantly negative ways. Diversity in the type of sport is yet another critical consideration when it comes ...