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say that while the theorists do each embrace the same explanation as to why political authority must exist, they do not agree on w...

it is (L) that connects human behavior with the environment via "desires and beliefs" that the environment fosters in us (Rosenbe...

of achieving either on his own, with the aid of a teacher, or with the help of another more accomplished peer.(Zone, 2002). The st...

usually associated with the Roman Catholic Pope, his presence does not seem to effect the laws of the government as women in Ital...

the reader into the oppressive world of slavery. Indeed, it was the authors desire to bring attention to the injustices faced by ...

through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...

notch to become a tale about the near-extinction of a species - that is, the family called the DUrbervilles - and how they attempt...

on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...

If we accept the premise, therefore, that science is capable of defining physiological death then we must ask ourselves how do we ...

strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

is on a morphine drip to which there is attached only one instruction: decrease the drip when respirations reach four per minute....

after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...

philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...

He sought not to try to make people feel any better about themselves or the world in which they lived aside from empowering them t...

identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

power. For example, Machiavelli points out that the ruler becomes great in the eyes of the people by overcoming difficulties and o...

true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...

(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...

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...

most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...

and rely on previous works and historical documents to formulate a guideline. Since the publication of the entire 90 volumes of wo...

well for nearly a century. There appears to be no need for the company to change many of its organizational structures now that it...

the capitalist system which emphasizes individuality over community and competition over cooperation. Areas that were once ...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

things in the sky and below the earth, who makes the worse argument the stronger " (cited in Ross, 2000, p. PG). This is a formula...

conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...

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 ...