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Innate Knowledge and the Debate Between Nativism and Empiricism

In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...

Morality and Ethics

consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that there...

Philosophy Defined

In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...

Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment and Politics

out to apply the critical method to the problem of government in The Spirit of Laws (1748). The result was a complex comparative s...

Justifying Moral Claims

In seven pages whether or not moral claims can be justified is examined philosophically with an integration of views from Foucault...

Kant v. Aristotle on Ethical Issues Involving Performing Surgery That is Unnecessary to Return an Unfit Soldier to Combat

the ability to reason about things within itself, and understand mathematics and other theoretical sciences. The other listens to ...

Sports Journalism and Ethical Theory

In twenty two pages the ethical theories of Rawls, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill are applied to basic principles of sports journalism ...

Philosophy, Ethics, and 'Doing the Right Thing'

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

Infant Formula Marketing by Nestle and Morality

study, many infants actually died as a result because the women could not properly store the man-made food. Here, the moral dile...

Great Philosophers on Freedom

Hence, it is not unexpected that philosophers throughout the ages have also had different thoughts on freedom. While many people,...

Ethics and the Practice of Organ Trafficking

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

Terminal Conditions and Informing Patients

patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

Kant, Saint Simon, and the Possibility of World Peace

is simply ludicrous (1983). Indeed, how can one say that there is peace when war could come about at some point? It is similar to ...

Ethics and Making Decisions

to be stopped by the police following a fight then it is easier to make the decision to report him, rather than if the explanation...

Human Cloning and Ethics

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

God's Existence and the Ontological Argument

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

Case Study on Making Ethical Decisions

hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...

Philosophers Compared and Contrasted

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

Moral Responsibility, Determinism, and Free Will

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

Confidentiality Issues and Nursing Ethics

he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...

Literature and Philosophical Themes

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

Nursing and Ethical Values

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

Accountability of Nongovernmental Organizations

in developing nations is broad; the specific interest of a specific NGO depends on the organizations business and its goals for th...

Emergency Room and Making Ethical Decisions

the ability to learn nursings technical complexities and already have full command of ethical values to the point that the can act...

Questions on the Philosophies of Hume, Kant, and Sartre Answered

acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...

Does Believing in God's Existence Make Any Sense?

In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...

Business Decisions and Philosophers

In nine pages a business dilemma is examined by consulting philosophers Rawls, Mill, and Kant on how to best handle the economic d...

Issues in Philosophy

This research paper addresses eight specific quetions, offering answers, concerning issues that pertain to Kant, Mill and Aristotl...

Moral Reasoning and Utilitarianism

This 8 page paper responds to the question of whether a utilitarian approach to moral reasoning is adequate. The writer first desc...

911, the Media, and Ethics

In six pages the media coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is evaluated in terms of ethics and then applies the p...