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Death Row Inmates and Responsibility of Society

taken by law, it is the financial and moral responsibility of this taxpaying society to sustain and support that life until it end...

John Rawls and Thomas Hobbes on Various Philosophical Issues

In ten pages this paper discusses the fool's argument, the personal contract, the prisoner's dilemma, and the assurance game as pe...

Psychological Classification of Silence of the Lambs' Hannibal Lecter

some degree of forbidden impulses and thoughts. Most, however, do not act upon these thoughts and impulses. Hannibal Lechter dev...

Iago and Hannibal Lecter Evil Characters

In three pages these evil characters from William Shakespeare's Othello and Thomas Harris's Silence of the Lambs are compared. Th...

Utopian Political Philosophy Criticism in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...

For the Love of Wisdom PBS Video Series

In four pages 2 segments from the PBS video series 'Expanding the Moral Universe' and 'Reason or the Senses' are summarized and an...

Literary Examples of Desire and Reason

In five pages this research paper examines how literature portrays the conflict between reason and desire in a consideration of Ut...

God, Understanding Morality, and David Hume

In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...

Concepts of Saint Thomas Aquinas

has likely already noted that . Bracken (1996) suggests that what is missing from Aquinass argument is a distinction between per...

A Comparison of the Films, Do the Right Thing, and 12 Angry Men

This research paper provides a comparison of two films, Sidney Lumet's, Twelve Angry Men, and Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing. Th...

Victorian Literature and Class Consciousness

In 5 pages the Victorian class consciousness that reached a pinnacle during the mid to late 19th century is examined as it is refl...

The Ethical Issues Involved With Assisted Suicide

forced nutrition, and hydration. Such treatments cannot reverse a patients underlying medical problem and refusing such treatments...

First World War According to Thomas Hardy and Wilfred Owen

In five pages this paper compares the views of the First World War that are presented in The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy and Dul...

Bigger Thomas in 'Native Son' by Richard Wright

while contemporary critic Louis Tremaine disagreed, arguing that Bigger Thomas was, in the final analysis, a positive African-Amer...

Morality and Ethics

consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that there...

Social Discrimination in Hardy and Dickens

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens both deal in major part with discrimination. T...

Relationship Between Tazio and Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In five pages this paper discusses Aschenbach's obsession with Tadzio in this analysis of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. There a...

From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman

Two time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman reveals his talent in the 1989 book. Focusing on Israel and Lebanon in particular ...

Sovereignty and Issue of a Central Government of the United States in the 18th Century

In twelve pages the sovereignty issue is examined within the context of the theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the effec...

Enlightened Age Elements of Progress, Nature, and Reason

and comparison of the volumes of literature that were produced during this era. Three of the great philosophers of this era, Thom...

Western Films and the Themes of Loss and Regret

on him by his situation, but belonging to him intimately and testifying to his completeness" (655). Also on the subject of Wester...

Proposition 22 in California

and a woman is valid and recognized in California - but complex legal and moral issues lay beneath the surface. There are some wh...

Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

to feel the calling to a religious life. Decides to become a Catholic, then decides to be a priest. Part Three has 4 chapters th...

Pentangle's Symbolic Meaning in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper examines the moral truth representation of the pentangle in an analysis of the 'Sir Gawain and the Green ...

Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer

In five pages this historical text is summarized and analyzed with the roles of British General Thomas Gage and Paul Revere discus...

Three Leaders, Tecumseh, Jefferson and Columbus

was 14, leaving him 2,750 acres in land and numerous slaves. Between 1760-1762, Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary...

A Speech Inspired by Anna Sewell's Black Beauty

In this paper consisting of three pages an animal fable speech that mirrors the literary style of the novel features similar word ...

Was Thomas Aquinas a Direct Realist?

This paper consists of six pages and evaluates whether or not Thomas Aquinas can be considered a direct realist and argues that he...

Wasteland or Wonderland of Industrial Progress?

In five pages this paper evaluates industrial progress within the context of articles written by Arne Naess and Thomas Berry. Two...

Possible Futures For The Microsoft Corporation

antagonize the government. Gates attitude appears to be one of the principal factors behind why the ruling went against Microsoft....