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system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...
Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...
her actions as an individual and as a member of the military? Or is there a different moral principle at play? Only Hester can say...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...
Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...
constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...
world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...
is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
standing and he is awarded a full scholarship to a prestigious black college. This of course doesnt last long, as through a serie...
from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...
that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...
most general - or universal - aspect of things" (Definition of Philosophy). These studies, the definition continues, are not carri...
being destroyed, ironically enough, by the very systems designed to preserve them. In his book, he manages to leave no one in th...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
(2000) presents his argument, his thesis, in stating that "I want to raise and examine the possibility that, however much we came ...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...
of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...
lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
universal laws? Clearly, they can sometimes, but other times they would not be thought of in such a manner. John Stuart Mill on th...
gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...
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...
therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...
that this is wrong. They believe that there is an intrinsic morality and that women should not be executed for committing adultery...