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Essays 181 - 210
words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...
with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...
circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...
The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...
actions should not merely be personal. We cannot rely on our actions and motives being righteous and fully ethical if we are doing...
after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...
chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...
of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
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...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
ideals clearly possessed an understanding that many people had no "maturity" and no real understanding of enlightenment. Kings mis...
day enter medical school. I realized after some time, though, that I had no lasting interest in pursing a career in medicine, and...
In five pages this paper examines how society changed from individual acceptance to individual oppression in a comparative analysi...
In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...
defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...
In six pages this research paper defines morality within the context of Kant's philosophy and also considers supreme morality's va...
In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...
way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...
In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...
always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...
In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....
In arguing with the Empiricists, Kant noted that the mind is necessary in order to quantify experience; that the mind isnt a blank...