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Why the US Fought in the Vietnam War

Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina. (Anonymous PG). Ironically, French General Henri Navarre had wanted this batt...

Do the Politics of Aristotle Reflect the Political System of Today?

In a paper that consists of five pages Aristotle's strong emphasis upon moral conduct in political leadership is compared with the...

Thomas Hobbes on War's Inevitability

This topic is discussed within the context of the book Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes in...

Overview of the Christian Sacraments and How They Originated

In twenty two pages this paper defines sacrament in this overview of the origins of the Christian Sacraments and considers theolog...

Arguments in Philosophy

In five pages William Paley's teleological argument, St. Anselm's ontological argument, and St. Thomas Aquinas' cosmological argum...

Comparison of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

In twelve pages this paper examines man's nature in a contrast and comparison of Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke...

Materialism, Hylemorphism, and Philosophy

The views of Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle are examined in this consideration of the preference for hylemorphism over materialism i...

Strengths and Weaknesses of Sir Thomas More

In six pages this essay assesses Sir Thomas More's strengths and weaknesses. There is the inclusion of a bibliography....

Mind and Body Connection of Thomas Szasz

In five pages this research paper examines the correlation between the mind and body within the context of Dr. Thomas S. Szasz's T...

Love, Lucy Autobiography by Lucille Ball

This essay assesses the insights and value of Lucille Ball's autobiography in eight pages with Thomas Murton's theory also applied...

Peter Singer's 'Famine, Affluence, and Morality'

In four pages this paper examines Singer's article and his contention that people have a moral responsibility to feed the hungry a...

Dark and Light Imagery in 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' by Dylan Thomas

In five pages Thomas' dark and light imagery is examined within the context of the poem as representing how people should continue...

Courage in Tellez and Hemingway as 'Comfortable Inaction'

In 4 pages free will and fate as it summons moral courage are considered in this comparative paper that includes a discussion of H...

Loss of the American Dream in Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In nine pages the loss of the American dream as Fitzgerald portrays it in the moral decline and incest themes in his novel is disc...

Enlightenment's Age of Reason and Thomas Paine

In five pages this essay argues in support of the effectiveness of Thomas Paine's preference for reason over supernatural faith. ...

Modernism, Postmodernism, and The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

the surface than was accessible through the conscious mind, and that there were ways to evoke feeling through words without flat s...

Names and Their Importance in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

In five pages this paper discusses the proper names and their symbolism in this analysis of The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pyncho...

Maxine Hong Kingston, Thomas Pynchon and Postmodern Literature

In five pages this paper examines postmodernism in a comparative analysis of Tripmaster Monkey and His Fake Book by Maxine Hong Ki...

Post Civil War Declining Morality in America

In nine pages this paper examines how there has been since the Civil War a decline in America's moral values largely due to techno...

Harry Truman's Surprising Victory in the 1948 US Presidential Campaign

In five pages this research paper examines how President Harry Truman pulled off an astonishing upset of Governor Thomas Dewey in ...

Theology of the IRA

In ten pages this paper discusses the IRA in a consideration of oppression, the movement of the Seventies and Eighties and the the...

Honestly Appraising Political Opposition in Binka Le Breton's A Land to Die For

Journalist Binka Le Breton's investigation into the assassination of Brazilian priest Josimo Morals Tavares consists of seven page...

The Challenge, Denial, and Impact of Anita Hill's Allegations

In ten pages the 1991 sexual harassment case Anita Hill brought against then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas are examined in...

Christianity and Friedrich Nietzsche

In four pages this paper discusses Christianity as perceived in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and described in On the Gene...

Alasdair MacIntyre's View of Virtue and Academic Dishonesty

In this paper consisting of five pages the philosophy MacIntyre describes in 'After Virtue' is applied to the ethics of academic d...

Solving Juvenile Crime Problems

by juveniles. Tragedies such as Jonesboro, Arkansas; Bethel, Alaska and Paducah, Kentucky have shocked the world as young people h...

Prostitution and Child Labor in the Philippines and India

In six pages child prostitution and child labor are considered as a globalization consequence with the economic and moral problems...

Perception and Deviance

In five pages the notion that deviance is based upon perceptions and therefore established by those in powerful positions that col...

Schools and Morality

In five pages this essay examines whether or not morals have any place in the classroom. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Thomas Mann and Progress in Educational Development

This research paper addresses Thomas Mann's basic considerations regarding educational development and its impact on education lev...