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Philosophy Defined

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

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...

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...

Global Justice and Cosmopolitanism

2001). Therefore, there can be a favorable view of geophysical boundaries or divisions, attorney to the extent that they will prov...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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,...

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...

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...

Nicholas Rescher's Logic of Imperatives

or requesting aid; making prayers; or making "a purely factual assertion" (p. 2). Further, "Laws of nature are sometimes formulat...

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...

Enlightenment and its Meaning

prevents not only the slaves but the Christians who own them from becoming enlightened through religion. Clearly, Immanual Kant a...

Conjoined Twins and Ethics

from Jodie to Mary. The venous return passes from Mary to Jodie through a united inferior vena cava and other venous channels in t...

Philosophical Concepts

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

Nietzsche's Philosophy and Essays

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ethics Issues of the Caltex Plant in South Africa

become complex, as the firm has a duty to the shareholders to undertake business to create profit, potential losses and lost oppor...

Utilities Company in Southern California

the backcountry, where the weather gets very dry and then, pass on any of their costs to customers instead of holding the company ...

Elizabeth Costello's Views on Animal Rights

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

Science is Freedom, Their Relationship

This essay draws on the philosophy of Kant and Fichte, and argues that science freed humanity by offering a means to understand re...