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youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...

because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

other ends. Such an end might already exist, or might be something which the actor strives to bring about by his actions. In 4:428...

rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...

Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

particularly when a known controversial figure assisted the act? What happened was that Thomas Youk was given a lethal injectio...

according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...

In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

to what is art often comes up. Can the medium, or materials used-be it urine or elephant dung which modern artists have been known...

that rules, in and of themselves, are not sacred or absolute (Crain, 2009). For example, if a child hears a scenario in which one ...

further examined by comparing the moral reasoning with the stages laid down by Piaget, with more complex and mature reasoning only...

speaks volumes. At the very bottom of the ad the words read: "Introducing the all new 2009 Lincoln MKS." Then, right underneath is...

concept of independence and freedom, both needed for the child to develop discipline (self-discipline) and obedience. As Conroy a...

In six pages this paper examines the differences between public and private social issues according to C.W. Mills in this history ...

not believe that we should be without kings, but that their power should be limited, "That Kings are not superiors to, but adminis...

individual can choose who he or she is to be and how they will act. That freedom is simply and fundamentally implicit in being a h...

In seven pages this paper discusses how contemporary society defines sexual harassment and considers how the law addresses victimi...

In a paper consisting of five pages the advantages to personal and business relationships offered by eliminating competition accor...

In five pages this paper discusses Canadian politics and its 'Americanization' represented by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms a...

pull up a chair. De Pree correlates the skills of a jazz musician: improvisation, innovation, freedom, and inspiration, with wo...

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In this paper consisting of seven pages this paper examines family integration of children with disabilities according to the find...