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In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...

This paper examines the writings and life of Wollstonecraft. The author discusses her philosophical treatise, A Vindication of th...

In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...

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...

was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...

discoveries of this philosopher? Has this person made a significant contribution that has led to the discovery or founding of some...

one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...

see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...

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 ...

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...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...

with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...

guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...

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...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...

on the development of an exploitative tourist industry in Antigua. Achebe takes a very different perspective than Kincaid in tha...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...

Hobbes clearly addresses the notion of individualism and Social Contract Theory as they relate to the moral factor behind justice....