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Essays 181 - 210
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of these ancient Chinese philosophers on ethical behavior. Six so...
In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...
universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...
In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...
the context of a modern society. Certainly, today Maimonides instruction to beat wives who neglect their wifely "duties" would not...
hearts of those he represented. It was Strauss ongoing quest to delve into the deepest recesses of German intellectuals and polit...
In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...
In ten pages this paper examines William James' works as they pertain to life and ethics with suffering among the topics discussed...
In eight pages O'Gorman's impact upon the thought of Latin America is examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....
he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...
all, but rather only the world (Burnet ch2bii). Modern terminology used by those sharing Xenophanes views would be that there lik...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...
right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...
84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...
as a problem (Frost, 1962). However, later philosophers, as they pondered the nature of the universe, began to see the fact of cha...
held the belief that morality was performed because of the will of an "other," rather than driven by the beast within (The Philoso...
know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...
philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...
guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...