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Voluntarism, 'I Think Therefore I am,' and the Meditations of Rene Descartes

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

Benefits of Adoption by Gays

interesting to see that on one denies the fact that gays just as heterosexuals will be able to provide love for the child as well...

Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt and its Contemporary Relevance

he ran for mayor of New York City but lost (2001). Roosevelt would go on in politics and eventually land himself the job as the Vi...

Opposition to Islamic Beliefs

their lifetime. Presumably this requirement is for the spiritual edification of the Islamic adherent. During the ten days of rites...

Can the Issues of Human Rights Be Considered Valid?

free citizens to own and inherit property as well as to be free from excessive taxation (1997). It created the right of widows who...

Science of Sociology

the status of a full scientific enterprise. The author states that its essential flaw is its failure to accept its own limitations...

Universality, Cultural Diversity, and Human Rights

the imposition of a single set of standards it is argued that there is a loss of cultural diversity, but it is also argued that th...

The Cornish Case and the Right to Free Speech

of the Madison Country Day School to address difficult issues. Ms. Cornish charges that her dismissal has not been based on quant...

A Privacy Issue

policy of individual rights. However, those rights, it would seem, are the very ones that are being used against the United States...

Adult Education, College Instruction, and Electronic Learning

back before the first microcomputer was released during the late 1970s. It, in fact, goes all the way back to 1957, when Sputnick,...

The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen

a recognized authority on the social setting of the new Testament (Powell, 2002). Although this is a work of fiction, Theissen ass...

Three Dialogues of George Berkeley

that sensible things mean those items or realities that can be perceived by the senses of a human being. Philonous states the foll...

Nurse Role Definition

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

Parenting Changes

It does not work. Consider: since the Baby Boomers changed the institutions of work and parenting, divorce has soared and there ar...

An Article Analysis on Video Game Playing Advantages

countrys urban children, playing "in the woods," or in the local park has become too dangerous, that it is better that they explor...

The Philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard Applied to a Case Study Analysis

her actions as an individual and as a member of the military? Or is there a different moral principle at play? Only Hester can say...

A Tight Oligopoly Airline Industry Model

employ. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires not only that airlines post travel schedules, but that they adhere to ...

God's Existence Belief

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

John Stuart Mill and Drugs Legalization

prevailing arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on h...

Kathleen Blee's Women of the Klan

before World War I, but by all accounts they were not as organized, nor prolific as they became after the war. Why was this, Blee ...

Plutocratic USA

than governments that are controlled by a single class, select group or single person, such as a monarch (Democracy, 2002). In lat...

Justice in the United States

However, this is an exaggeration, surely, as there has been a precedent for this type of secret military trial. It occurred in 194...

Accounting Dichotomies

date by the time they are read. Therefore, there is an importance that these need to be understood and be set by standards. Howe...

God's Existence and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

Legal Issues and E-Commerce

law is relatively simple. However, copyright law is complex, especially when applied to the Internet. II. Copyright Laws and Pro...

David Hume and Thomas Aquinas on God's Existence

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

Biology and Culture

of human culture, definitional dilemmas might be simplified since primate societies are not expected to include things such as val...

Court of Law and Court of Equity

In five pages a fictitious scenario is presented in order to consider the distinction between 'law' and 'equity' court and how arg...

One Perspective on Global Warming

This comprehensive paper opposes the general thinking on global warming. Opponents to the concept are noted and arguments are disc...

Homosexuality and How It Evolved

to oppose their "lifestyle choice." Yet, with mounting scientific evidence, this cultural phenomenon of same-sex love has emerged ...