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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...

Halberstadts involvement with the military didnt end after Vietnam. Indeed, he has moved in and out of the military circle for de...

physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...

In one page this essay considers how Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy on consequences transforms it into the utilitarianism princ...

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 seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts Immanuel Kant's 18th century moral philosophy with that of John Stuart Mill's 19th...

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...

first place and eschewing the monetary aspect so often clouding ones ethical perspective. "Looking back now on all previous attem...

knowledge and that the tabula rasa hypothesis is a bit outdated, but he rarely goes beyond that. Some seek to validate the...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

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...

In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...

A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...

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...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

In ten pages this paper considers these literary and philosophical movements in a discussion of such works as She Stoops to Conque...

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the views of Immanuel Kant and John Locke on the concept of government as represen...

critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is nothing more than a veiled continuation of social domination. Distin...

through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...

actions should not merely be personal. We cannot rely on our actions and motives being righteous and fully ethical if we are doing...

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

In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...

In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...