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Crime Deterrence Through Harsher Punishment

these facts: * Homicide rates increased sharply beginning about 1965 or 1966. The number of executions plummeted from 47 in 1962 t...

Saint Thomas Aquinas on Knowledge

professor is a good example of the difference between intellectual knowledge and sense knowledge. To take that a step beyond, and ...

Human Understanding According to David Hume

determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...

The Sea Wolf by Jack London and Free Will

are intellectuals. There is an eclectic group and this sets the stage for many ideas to be broached. There are several external al...

Metaphysics As a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

Philosophy of Maria Montessori

In ten pages the educational philosophy of Dr. Montessori is examined. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Industrial Pollution and Moral Philosophy

a toxic substance. When corporations repeatedly break the rules regarding environmental protection, it says in a very loud voice ...

Major Philosophies and Discourse Analysis

In nine pages discourse analysis in terms of speech act theory 'performative utterance' is examined with the major philosophies of...

Bolivian Revolutionary Che Guevara

In five pages the philosophy of beloved revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and its good intentions are examined. Three sources a...

Human Nature Approach of American Philosopher and Psychologist William James

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...

Time, Memory, and Sensual Perception

making a new heading for something like "personal thoughts," and give your explanations within that category. I would place that ...

Nursing Philosophy and How It Developed

assists individuals, families, groups, and communities to achieve and maintain an integrate balance with their internal and extern...

Four Idols of Francis Bacon

In five pages the 17th century philosophy of Francis Bacon is examined within the context of 'four idols' and argues in favor of h...

Knowledge of the World Theory of David Hume

In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...

Public Education Philosophy of Sigmund Freud

planet revolves around a central body as well as rotating on its own axis, so the human individual takes part in the course of dev...

The Philosophy of Money by Georg Simmel

acquire otherwise. While people must join the labor force in order to accumulate money, Simmel was of the opinion that they did s...

Quentinn Tarantino's Jackie Brown Film Examining Quentin Taratino's film Jackie Brown by the "isms."

and political concept that refers to "growth oriented planning and production, with a pluralist political system in which class po...

Theories of Henrik Ibsen and Soren Kierkegaard

This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...

David Hume, Atheism, and Immorality

This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...

Society, Personal Perceptions, Nietzsche and Hegel

In six pages this paper examines how society's outlook is reflected in individual perceptions in an analysis of Nietzsche's On the...

Lindlahr's Natural Therapeutics Compared to Five Articles

The natural approach to treating illness and maintaining health has become popular in recent years. Philosophy of Natural Therapeu...

Community, Rousseau, and Hobbes

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau in a consideration of community and ...

Philosophy and Freedom

In fifteen pages the freedom concept is examined within the context of the philosophies of existentialism, predestination, determi...

Social Contract and John Locke

to take away the fundamental rights of freedom and liberty, that the government should be overthrown. When we look at the i...

Film The Battle of Algiers

an organization led by the people of French Algeria in opposition to the racist imperial control of the French. The FNL sought an...

Clark's Philosophers Who Believe

In five pages this paper examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...

Le Corbusier's and Venturi's Architecture

In five pages this paper examines these architects and their philosophies in an examination of Harvard University's Carpenter Cent...

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Thucydides on Government, Human Development, and the Soul

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...

Thomas Aquinas' Theology and Philosophy

Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...

Contemporary Artist and the Influence of Eastern Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...