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Essays 391 - 420

Truth, Absolute or Relative

In five pages this report discusses philosophy in a consideration of whether or not truth can be regarded as absolute or relative....

Abortion and the Philosophies of David Hume and Aristotle

In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...

Competition for Christianity

In a paper consisting of 5 pages works such as 'Notes from the Underground' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 'Brave New World' by Aldous Hux...

Why Utility Pleases by David Hume and Sympathy's Role

In three pages this report discusses the utilitarian philosophy of David Hume in a consideration of the role of sympathy in 'Why U...

Issues in the Classroom

In six pages issues involving cultural prejudice in the classroom and how the educator should handle such an occurrence is conside...

3 Doubt Arguments in Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

In four pages this text examines Meditations on First Philosophy in an analyzes of the three doubt arguments Rene Descartes presen...

Wartime and Ethical Considerations

the solider represents the state and the people are merely innocent bystanders. At the same time, during a draft, one could also a...

Thoreau, Pieper, and Plato on What Philosophy Is

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...

Yogesh Chadha Gandhi A Life

and rely on previous works and historical documents to formulate a guideline.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

United States and Ethnic Conflict

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

Socrates' Life and Relevance

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...

Philosophies of William David Ross

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

'Will to Power' and the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Radical Doubt in the Philosophy of Rene Descartes

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

Anne Frank and Her Diary

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 ...

Karl Marx, Immanuel Kant, and Albert Camus' The Stranger

their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...

Calculus' History

pass another mid point, and so on into infinity (OConnor and Robertson, 1996). The argument looks at this as proving that motion m...

The Philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard Applied to a Case Study Analysis

her actions as an individual and as a member of the military? Or is there a different moral principle at play? Only Hester can say...

Dharma and Hinduism

Hindus in that they also believe that dharma is a natural universal law which is in and pervades everything. To live in harmony wi...

Aristophanes on Democracy

to see that Aristophanes was a conservative through and through and seemed to prefer an almost aristocratic rule to a democratic o...

Distribution Channels and Costco

prices" (Blumenthal, 1999). Costco, overall, has a reputation of providing quality goods and extraordinarily low prices -...

The Communist Manifesto by Engels and Marx and The Social Contract by Rousseau

is of utmost importance. When ones religious practices are not allowed to be chosen but are instead dictated, the inherent faith ...

Land Mine Marketing and Ethics

area where the mines were laid" (14). Only the most determined and profit-oriented marketer or the one with no sense of moral scru...

Man's Greatest Good and Values

philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

Shusaku Endo's Deep River

just like their travel mates. As the plot unfolds, however, we find that these four have much more in common than they would care...

Philosophy, Humanness and the Concepts of Friedrich Nietzsche

In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...

The Brutal Political Philosophy of Machiavelli's The Prince

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

Social Contributions of Immanuel Kant

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

Utilitarianism View of Prostitution

as a morally acceptable act from a Utilitarian point of view. Many philosophical and sociological questions loom over this issue...

Teaching and Philosophy

addition to reviving Deweys ideas, the current revival of constructivism also encompasses the ideas of other giants of education s...