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or observation. For example we can only argue that the mans eyes are blue by looking at his eyes. Here we have a statement that ne...

have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...

Drug companies are often criticized for unethical behavior. The writer considers the pharmaceutical companies from an ethical per...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

The educational perspectives of these individuals are contrasted and compared in three pages. Two sources are cited in the biblio...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the perception theories of David Hume and John Locke and exposes flaws in the empi...

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

irresistible force" and the result would be the establishment of the perfect civil constitution (Kant 45-46). Mans complicity in ...

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...

for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...

In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...

ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...

this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...

made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...

well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...

they could, through their will, cause their actions to become universal law. Kant held that only those things that have bee...

who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...

from Jodie to Mary. The venous return passes from Mary to Jodie through a united inferior vena cava and other venous channels in t...

In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...

there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...