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experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...

namely that similarities between myths count the most, that myth must be interpreted nonliterally and that religions, for the most...

children simply adopt and internalize the standards they are taught by their parents but Kohlberg found that children make moral j...

quickly taking over the world, leaving no room for anything else" (Williams, Dustin and McKenney, 2004). In his view, we were leav...

Christianity was based upon a vast compilation of both positive and negative influences acquired from the short-sightedness of pow...

why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...

and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...

property, and divine or eternal laws (Gasser, 2007). They did not necessarily agree but they both offered views on what we can ref...

to combine rational and irrational, and accept it in ones life (Epictetus, 2004). Throughout his first published book Discourses, ...

existed, though they had differing views on the interpretation of goodness. For St. Augustine, true happiness could only be found...

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the differences and similarities in the writings of these poets, essayists, and phi...

the fact that "The Buddhists consider the world to be full of sorrow and regard ending the sorrow as the chief aim of human life" ...

Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...

compels one to draw all attention to this one object - to the preclusion of all else, which is most often intrinsically associated...

equality reversed and he no longer supported the cause of "economic and moral independence" for women in his later years, but rath...

theories of evaluating this today, such as the Big Bang. That is, there may be a world that has come about, and a cause, but the c...

is it essential for human flourishing? The online edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary [http://www.merriam-webster.com] defin...

1) Opportunities need to be open to all, regardless of background, birth or social class; 2) The best decisions for society...

freedoms, which, in effect "shook individuals in their political and social foundations." It ended the feudal system, and it drama...

The writer discusses the moral and ethical positions of several philosophers including Ayer, Smith, Mackie, Socrates and Glaucon. ...

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...

was limited in size in capitalist nations and the one from which most members had hope of escape were they able to work for their ...

should he do? In an attempt to capture his youth, he sells his soul and instead of aging, the portrait ages in place of Dorians ow...

one else, ever); that he has the strength of character to keep the trust placed in him; and that he will deal kindly and justly wi...

is located in the brain, shouldnt he be thinking, Im inside looking at my body (Dennett). Unfortunately, he cannot make that switc...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of Rawls' 'A Theory of Justice," as well as a popular rebuttal from philosopher Amartya Sen...

One of the questions that has plagued theologians, Biblical scholars, philosophers and others has to do with God and evil. How can...

The entitled topic represents one part of this paper, which discusses four philosophers. Weber proved his point that Calvinism pla...

Before Socrates, this characteristic was missing, and the addition of it is so striking that it sets Socrates apart from the philo...