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Essays 1921 - 1950

Ideal Marriage in Concept

In twelve pages this paper examines the ideal marriage concept as represented in the writings of Whitehead, Blaselee, Wallerstein,...

Ideal Marriage in Concept

In twelve pages this paper examines the ideal marriage concept as represented in the writings of Whitehead, Blaselee, Wallerstein,...

Mayan Civilization Downfall

In ten pages the causes of the collapse of the Mayan civilization is examined in terms of causes with drought and warfare receivin...

Psychology and Its Philosophical Foundations

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

Analyzing Causes of Airplane Crashes

In fourteen pages airline disasters are examined through a discussion of possible causes, training procedures, industry regulation...

Overview of Natural Law

In six pages the theoretical perspectives of Cicero, Hobbes, and Aquinas are contrasted and compared as they relate to natural law...

Dylan Thomas's 'Fern Hill' and Revisiting Childhood

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of the poet's employment of imagery and the reasons for its complexity. Two sources ...

Thomas More and Thomas Hobbes on Religion and the State

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Hobbes' Leviathan and More's Utopia in terms of how the state and religion are dep...

Political and Social Philosophies of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes

This is particularly true for Jefferson verses Madison and Hobbes verses Locke. Despite their differences in philosophies, ...

Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine Writing About America

There is no question that through Jeffersons influence, the United States of America was built on a foundation of democracy and li...

Failed Covert Operations In Evan Thomas's "The Very Best Men"

also the ongoing breakdown between Cuba and the United States.3 Twelve hundred American-trained Cuban exiles had visions of viole...

Pro-Choice Argument

This essay offers an argument that supports the pro-choice position in the abortion debate. The stance of the opposing pro-life po...

The Philosphy of God

a perfect idea has to have been placed in the human mind by a perfect being or God, which is equivalent to Descartes Third Meditat...

"Dune" and the Question of Female Empowerment

most revolutionary of all science fiction novels when it first appeared in the 1960s. In fact, its appearance on the literary scen...

Analytical Analysis of Renaissance Art

obtained the quality he called "grazia," which he used to describe a "kind of perfect divine beauty" (Witcombe). A work of art cam...

Arguments Against Atheism

The Minimalistic Concept of God is based on an argument for a moral intelligent creator of the universe. It does not argue for all...

Why Isn’t the Prochoice Argument Applied to Prostitution and Drug Use?

The abortion debate is characterized by two camps of argument. These camps are the...

An Essay Arguing for Gay Marriage

can be viewed as a socially constructed contract, opposition to applying marriage to homosexual unions extends from the social con...

Abortion: An Argumentative Essay

the demands of the world. Side #2: Pro-Life The utilitarian perspective defines the need for autonomy in decision-making, a...

Perspective on Marriage/ Pro, Con Arguments

entertained an Indian couple at her home and the table conversation focused in the institution of marriage. Smita, the Indian wife...

The Impact of Globalization on Local Cultures

The dominant argument for the dilution of culture is through the spread of western ideals and values though the media as well as t...

Arguments Against Internet Censorship

long as books have been published, they have been subject to editorial censorship, and even outright banning. As long as painters ...

Flawed Arguments and Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage

purpose" (Cross, 2002). Opponents to same-sex marriages also oppose gay activists appeal to pity in regards to their arguments. Th...

Counter Closing Argument Construction

one were to counter Spences arguments, one would first have to make the company, Kerr-McGee look as if it were not the big bad ind...

Theist and Atheist Arguments on God's Existence

constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...

A Society of 'Post Work'

Lopez outlines the political situations that have led to the economic and cultural conditions of the present day in Puerto Rico. S...

Pro Choice Defense Argument

abortion debate is that many of the original laws and ideas formed about abortion originated in colonial times during a different ...

An Effective Closing Argument in a Death Penalty Case

one chosen for consumption. Bill was only 14 years old. Mike dies after rescue and Mark seems to have had a psychotic break. Mark ...

Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

that the "most powerful reason (for believing in religion) is the wish for safety, a sort of feeling that there is big brother wh...

Justified True Belief as Knowledge A Philosophical Inquiry

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...