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Looking at Atheism Through O'Leary-Hawthorne's Eyes

that there is really little true proof and the atheists will argue that there is only scant knowledge on this subject. There is no...

A Priori Knowledge from a Foundationalist Perspective

it applies to the view of a priori knowledge and also consider the writings of philosophers like Kant and Descartes as they serve ...

Saul Kripke's Philosophical Propositions

In five pages this paper examines the connections with 'a posteriori' and 'a priori' knowledge, contingent truth and necessary tru...

Knowledge Management

Management In the past it may be argued that knowledge management was a potential source of competitive advantage, but i...

A Review of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party by Alfred Young

In this five page paper the fact that our perception of history changes over time is illustrated with a look back some fifty years...

Kant/Speculative Beginning of Human History

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

Afghanistan Development - Review And Recommendations

nations employ many Afghans. On April 29-30, 2007, Afghanistan held the Fourth Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) in Kabul (Afg...

Copernican Revolution and Immanuel Kant

way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...

Spatiality and Immanuel Kant

understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...

The Social Contract and Autonomy

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

Philosophers on Moral Theory

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

Inability to Ever Justify Cheating

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

Ethics From Teleological and Deontological Philosophical Perspectives

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

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

'Justice as Fairness' and John Rawls

fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...

Cloning and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

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...

Lying and Infidelity

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

Needs of Society and Individualism

the difference between being able to browse in a bookstore, with no restraint, and being told what one can read or say or think. ...

Morality According to Kant and Mill

In five pages this paper offers a comparative analysis of the moral philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Four sour...

Thomas Youk's Assisted Suicide Aired on Television

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

Knowledge Can Be Dangerous

the belief in those things that could not be seen, felt or proven by scientific means. Not content to blindly believe in that whi...

Philosophy and Business Ethics

In five pages business ethics are examined through applications of theories by philosophers David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and John St...

Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics

In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...

Immanuel Kant and Deontology

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

Corporations and Self Limiting of Size

after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...

Egoism and Deontology

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

David Hume and Immanuel Kant on Freedom of the Will

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

Humanist Philosophies of Immanuel Kant in Metaphysics Of Morals

not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...

A Capital Punishment Analysis

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

Ethics and Advertising

In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...