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Religion and the Perspectives of Karl Marx

existence will continue and the thing that people are most afraid of-death-is something that is comprehended as tolerable. Death b...

Personal Influences on Nursing Philosophy

ability has improved considerably, inasmuch as the decisions I now make are more analytical and based upon a broader and more dive...

Section IX of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

Psychosocial Theories of Erik Erikson

in Eriksons stages. Each has two names: Trust vs. Mistrust; Autonomy vs. Shame; Initiative vs. Guilt; Industry vs. Inferiority; Id...

Utilitarian vs. Kantian Philosophies

universal laws? Clearly, they can sometimes, but other times they would not be thought of in such a manner. John Stuart Mill on th...

Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...

Justice and Self Interest Philosophies

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

Economy Theory and the Industrial Revolution's Impact

about the factory workers and how they did not feel as if they accomplish anything. This idea of course was born on the backs of t...

Insights and Concepts Regarding Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

steeled and a heart trans- formed into brass, so as to bear the weight of such responsibility" (Nietzsche, p.129). One can see tha...

A Business Dilemma and the Ethics of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Hobbes

a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...

The Position of Philosophy and Women in Ancient Greece

system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...

Eastern Philosophical Traditions and Aesthetic Experiences

in turn functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. Myriad philosophers, psychologists and sociologists have at...

Professional Practice and Nursing Philosophy

and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...

Voltaire's Candide and Literature of the Enlightenment

it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...

Publius Case Study

retrieve the document, hed go to a directory kept on "a Publius-affiliated Web site" and then the "network itself would do the wor...

Virtue Ethics Case Analysis

half weeks pay. Sheila leaves a message on Wandas machine saying that she will pick up the dolls that evening, and a check for her...

The Theory of Utilitarianism

up with perhaps the earliest fully developed system of utilitarianism, of which two prominent features are noteworthy ("Utilitari...

Understanding What it Means to be a Social Justice Educator

individual who naturally believes in true equality and empowerment across the entire population. The reasons it becomes so confusi...

Overview of the TX Dept. of Criminal Justice

2002). The Department does not only hire correctional officers. There are a vast array of jobs that include: Correctional Officer...

Political Society Order and the Philosophy of John Rawls

is contrasted with "conservative" or "right-wing" ideologies. Within the broader context of political theory. "liberalism" has a d...

21st Century and Henry David Thoreau

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

New Architectural Urbanism of Rob and Leon Krier

that they are reconstructions of a world that never quite existed...but whose beauty...seductiveness, lies precisely in that mixtu...

Utilitarianism View of Prostitution

as a morally acceptable act from a Utilitarian point of view. Many philosophical and sociological questions loom over this issue...

The Cultural Heritage of the West and Its Ancient Roots

in the article "Key Iraqi weapons official held" in relation to topics studied in the roots of Western Culture deal primarily with...

A Total Quality Management Overview

US manufacturing was benefiting from the attention to quality, whether specific organizations chose to implement TQM or not. Thos...

Third Meditation of Rene Descartes

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

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...

Medicine and Culture: Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France by Lynn Payer

between the patient and physician (technology, caring and values) are always present but may differ in balance. In addition, the r...

The Brutal Political Philosophy of Machiavelli's The Prince

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

Medical Practicing on Newly Dead Bodies and Ethics

that the morality of choice is based on the greater good. The saying, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" arise...