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Essays 151 - 180
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
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 eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...
In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...
This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...
In five pages whether or not free action can ever be satisfactorily accounted for by compatibilism is discussed. Six sources are ...
the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...
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to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
system and ones desires, but there must still be an element of freedom if one is to turn those desires into action. Compati...
then free will itself is not possible (Bass, 2002). This does not relate to the argument of the implausibility of free will and d...
neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...
one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...
life progresses and is, therefore, under the guidance of peripheral forces. Rachel (2004) asserts mankinds business on eart...
may volunteer to go door to door to collect money for charity. Each makes use of leisure time. Yet, one might attach the actions o...