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one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...
and it was on this that Plato based his philosophical oeuvre (1994). He was not only a disciple of Socrates but a diehard adversar...
into two intellectual worlds. Aristotle goes on to explain: " but with regard to what happiness is they differ, and the many do n...
any era. Certainly today there is ordinary life and political life. One can see the difference in lives between politicians?whose ...
positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...
in the right way. In order to do this, however, one must be able to determine, using ones reason, what those right ways and right ...
who think that they are worthy of great things, but they are really unworthy of them, and that is pure vanity (PG). He goes on t...
not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...
on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...
In five pages the perceptions of classical philosophers Machiavelli, Plato, and Aristotle are applied to defense management's ethi...
works are studied to this day. They are unusually clear; difficulty in understanding may come from inept translations. This paper ...
In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...
the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...
any attempt to model understanding of God on the basis of a study of humanity is simply untenable. What is the soul of man? A mixt...
to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
the immortality of the soul. The main points are as follows. First of all, Hume points out that the soul is said to be immaterial,...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...
In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...
In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...