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Happiness and Wisdom in Philosophy

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

Life as Seen Through the Classics

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

J.S. Mill's 'On Liberty' and Abortion

issue. The extreme range of emotions that are involved in the debate concerning abortion can be difficult for the woman in a situ...

Human Happiness and Capitalism

war between government and the people ends when freedoms are expanded. For example, in a communist government, individuals cannot ...

Happiness According to Plato

in fact more beneficial than justice and that the role of a good leader is to recognize when it is necessary to take action that a...

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Happiness

In five pages this paper examines happiness as reflected in two oppositional views presented in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. ...

Kantian Concept Happiness and Metaphysics of Morals

In five pages this paper discusses happiness and virtue as these concepts relate to Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. Three...

'The Stranger' by Albert Camus and the Character of Meursault and 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse

In six pages these characters are philosophically analyzed from Stoic, Sophist, Cynic, Epicurean, and Cyreniac perspectives and ex...

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Summarized and Analyzed

In five pages this paper presents a summary of Frank McCourt's text and analyzes it in order to determine the meaning besides mise...

Aristotle and John Stuart Mill on Happiness

In six pages this paper contrasts the utilitarian concept of John Stuart Mill with the true happiness theory of Aristotle. Five s...

Happiness and Comfort, Beauty and Truth in Brave New World by Aldoux Huxley

This paper consists of six pages and focuses upon text chapters XVI and XVII which features a debate between John the Savage and M...

Female Protagonists in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

In five pages each female character's questions about happiness are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Happiness for an Individual and the Determinants of Genetics

In five pages this paper discusses how one's happiness can be influenced by genetic factors that often determine an individual's b...

Happiness and 21st Century Ethics

In three pages this paper considers the Dalai Lama's Ethics of the New Millennium as it pertains to happiness and how this may be ...

Gorgias by Plato, Justice and 'the Good Life'

In five pages this paper examines the dialogue between Socrates and Callicles regarding the arguments pertaining to happiness purs...

Philosophers on Happiness

In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...

Tolerance, Freedom of Speech, and J.S. Mill

in his views. Freedom of speech should be given precedent over the reaction which that speech may cause. This precept has been u...

Happiness Perspectives of Langdon Gilkey and Mary Gordon

She realizes that she will have to "invent an existence for myself" (Gordon 5). Isabel falls in love with a married man, and event...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in a Thesis of 2 Parts

In five pages this 2 part thesis on this novel first considers Charles Bovary's role in his wife's adultery and depression and the...

Society and Nature

This paper examines the concept that society has lost much of its humanity and happiness due to loosing touch with nature. This f...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the Theme of Material Happiness and Money

when seen in the context of relationships and the dreams of individual people. Considering the timeframe of the play and th...

Rasselas by Samuel Johnson and Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In three pages this paper compares how happiness is pursued in each of these novels. There is no bibliography provided....

'Good Life' and Personal Ethics

not to take action. Self-defense is one defense of murder that has not only moral acceptability in our culture, but also excuses ...

Chapter 5 'Equality and Impartiality' in Utilitarianism by J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper discusses this work's concluding paragraph in an analysis of its meaning regarding equality and happiness...

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 ...

Literature and Happiness Through Virtue

In five pages this paper discusses how happiness can be achieved through virtue as illustrated in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibil...

Closure in The Films Double Happiness and Breathless

The writer compares and contrasts the narratives and the issue of closure in the films Double Happiness and Breathless. The paper ...

Happiness as Interpreted by Aristotle

In seven pages Aristotle's view that happiness was a concept of being as opposed to being determined by external things is examine...

God, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Virtue According to Descartes and Aristotle

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...