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Choosing a Philosopher

quickly taking over the world, leaving no room for anything else" (Williams, Dustin and McKenney, 2004). In his view, we were leav...

Plato's Contribution to Understanding Philosophy and Philosophers

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

The Pre-Socratic Philosophers and Their Search for Explanation

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...

The Problem of Isolation as Evaluated by Existentialist Philosophers

is aligned with the fact that people are alone all of the time because no one can experience what they are experiencing exactly. I...

The Child As A Moral Philosopher By Kohlberg

children simply adopt and internalize the standards they are taught by their parents but Kohlberg found that children make moral j...

Elephants, Rhinos, Kob Antelope, Leopards And Buffalo: Meaning In African Art

presence or a leopards sleek passage. One pertinent example of their dual power as animals in African art is the Cameroon elephan...

Philosophers on International Relations

donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...

Educational Pragmatist Philosopher John Dewey

his detractors?with an abandonment of standards within US classrooms in favor of a focus on growth and self-fulfillment (Berkowitz...

The Legends of the Baal Shem, Hasidism and the Modern Man and Jewish Philosopher Martin Buber

In five pages this report examines the relationship between God and the individual within the context of these writings by Martin ...

Philosophers on Happiness

In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...

Philosophers and Personal Responsibility

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...

Philosophers on the Death Penalty

In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...

Subjective and Objective Morality and Scottish Philosopher David Hume

In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...

The Greatest Philosopher Aristotle

In a paper that contains four pages Aristotle's logic and employment of syllogism are heralded as being not only philosophically b...

Philosophers and Their Weak and Strong Theories

In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...

Christian Ethics and Ancient Greek Philosophy Stoicism and early Hellenistic philosophy in relation to Christian ethics”

This paper discusses how Christian morality was influenced by Aristotle and Stoic philosophy in 5 pages. Two sources are cited in...

Philosophers on Being

In seven pages and 2 parts this paper firs considers the perspectives of Anaximenes, Anaximander, and Thales and then examines Par...

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 ...

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...

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...

Philosophers on Dualism

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

Paradoxes of the Philosopher Zeno

This paper examines space and time's inductive relativity as conceptualized by the paradoxes of Zeno in six pages. Four sources a...

7 Major Philosophers

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

Ethics of German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer

held the belief that morality was performed because of the will of an "other," rather than driven by the beast within (The Philoso...

Social Contributions of Philosophers

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

Philosophers on Life's Meaning

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

Philosophers on Religious Ethics

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

Philosophers on Moral Theory

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

German Middle Ages and Philosopher Leo Strauss

hearts of those he represented. It was Strauss ongoing quest to delve into the deepest recesses of German intellectuals and polit...

Political Theory of Jewish Philosopher Moses Maimonides

the context of a modern society. Certainly, today Maimonides instruction to beat wives who neglect their wifely "duties" would not...