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Concepts of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...

Nursing and Knowledge

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

Is There Ever a Justification for Terrorism?

morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...

Printing Company's Complex Financial Decisions

long term may also be considered, allowing for the ease with which a new long term income generation may be developed and replace ...

Coaching and Philosophy

In eleven pages this paper discussed athletic coaching and the application of various philosophical ideas. Two sources are cited ...

What Is the Objective of the Philosophical Investigation?

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

Philosophical Proofs for the Existence of God

cosmological argument. As mentioned above, an ontological approach uses a deductive argument which "claims that its premises can b...

An Ethical Model for Teaching

AIDS education is something tied to a disease that has only surfaced at the end of the twentieth century and may have no relevance...

Love Theories

to break up that civilization into smaller units. The point being, love is doomed because society requires multiple, sanitized re...

Ethics, Justice, Love, Virtue and the Death Penalty

(Marquand, 1997, p. 1). Dennis Pigman, a minister of the Assembly of God and a former chaplain on the Arkansas death row, believes...

Communities and Their Members

of community is under discussion. When asked if members of the community "look like you," its likely that the discussion centers ...

Professionalism and Ethics

the public quite often. Yet, behind some of these more popular concepts are theoretical models that could prove important as well....

Mistakes in United Kingdom's Common Law

the case given that this is a matter of common mistake (McKendrick, 2000). In this case the agreement can be seen as fulfilling t...

A Personal System of Philosophy

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

Developing a Personal Education Philosophy

the standards movement. This "default" philosophy emerges from a behaviorist, positivists background that places great emphasis...

Preemptive War and Moral Considerations

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

Philosophers and Their Weak and Strong Theories

In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...

Heaven and Chinese Humanism

In seven pages the various Chinese philosophical approaches to heaven are considered in an examination of Confucius, Mo Zi, Zhuang...

Virtues, Morals, and Ethics of Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal

In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...

Performance Assessment within the National Health Service (NHS)

performance assessments from a legal perspective, a professional perspective and an ethical perspective. 2. Performance Assessment...

Media Coverage of Sarah Palin

Research center noted that Obama was a "significant or dominant factor in 61% of the campaign stories from Sept. 8-14," but "for t...

Assessing Wal-Mart's Supply Chain

sales and inventory needs. Suppliers Wal-Mart purchases most of its products directly from producers. As the worlds larges...

How Does Cigarette Smoking Relate To Global Issues Of The Future

* PCBs, water 3.4 * Radon 3.4 * PCBs, fish 3.5 * Mercury, fish 3.5 * Dioxins, air 3.7 *...

Madam President and the Ferraro Campaign

about it. With Gina Davis looking presidential, people are beginning to feel more comfortable with a woman at the helm. The book ...

Case Study of Leadership Behavioral Approach

the presidents vision - he wanted nothing less than third position in the market and he wanted the company to strive for second. J...

Trend of New Financial Instruments

specific tutorial language be given as an explanation of each document. Tutorial language is one of the new tools that should be ...

Shaking Up Senior Leadership and Organizational Behavior

The concept of change in the organizational environment is a rather simple equation that is one of the most...

Exchange Rate Questions

does not require a bilateral agreement and the European single currency. Looking at these the concept and application can be appre...

Peter J. Bensen

responsible for all financial issues at the company (PR Newswire, 2008). He is responsible "for the Accounting, Investor Relations...

ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH GLOBALIZATION

Though globalization is not a new concept - countries have been trading with one another for hundreds of years - during...