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Hume and Descartes Compared and Contrasted

This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of these two philosophers. Linear deductive reasoning is examined along with...

Hegel, Descartes, and Calvin on Free Will

In six pages the question 'Does it make any difference whether or not people have free will?' is responded to by this trio of phil...

Justice According to John Rawls and Plato

In seven pages justice as conceptualized by philosophers John Rawls and Plato is contrasted and compared. Six sources are cited i...

Definition of Tyranny in The Republic by Plato II

In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

'Notion of Truth' According to Wittgenstein and Plato's 'Theory of Forms'

understand each of these elements through sensation, he finds himself challenged by the mutability of everything that exists: not...

Judaism During the Middle Ages

stereotype) of Jews throughout history reveals that while the Jewish people inhabit all socioeconomic levels, they tend to be succ...

The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre

In one pages this short story by Existentialist philosopher and writer Jean Paul Sartre is summarized. There are no sources inclu...

Michael Foucault vs. Frantz Fanon on Minorities

French writers Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon are seminal philosophers in the empowerment of minority populations. This research...

An Examination of the Literary Criticism Launched Against Athenian Politics

This ten page paper explores the criticism Greek writers and philosophers such as Euripedes, Socrates, and Aeschylus had for the A...

Law and Ritual Concepts According to Han Fei, Mencius, and Confucius

The ways in which laws and rituals are interrelated are considered in six pages through an examination of human nature as conceptu...

Art Defined by Heidegger, Nietzsche, Hegel, and Kant

In twelve pages this essay considers the art definitions of these philosophers in a comparison and contrast of their similarities ...

Life and Works of Emile Durkheim

In eight pages the life and works of social philosopher Emile Durkheim are analyzed. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Theoretical Application of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant's Philosophies

In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...

Immanuel Kant, Support for Tort Reform and Stella Liebeck's Case

In five pages this paper discusses the tort reform laws of Congress, the case of Stella Liebeck, and how each would be supported b...

Kant v. Mill

This 6 page paper discusses the theories of both Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill, gives an example of an ethical problem and de...

Teaching Police Ethics

In thirty five pages various philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, John Stuart Mill, and Immanuel Kant are incorporated into an ...

Society of Canada

In nine pages the influence of various philosophers on the society of Canada are considered and include Max Weber, Friedrich Hegel...

The Historical Roots of the Impetus for the Declaration of Independence

This six page paper traces the impetus for the U.S. Declaration of Independence to the Magna Carta and to the Bible itself. The ...

Analysis of Alesdair MacIntyre's Marxism and Christianity

philosopher considering religion must approach the subject open minded and willing to develop ideas and attract much criticism, fo...

Herbert Marcuse and Alexis de Tocqueville

in certain ways it is a lot more difficult. Equality, he saw, was the key to the democratic enterprise. To de Tocqueville, the ide...

A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

Good and Evil Differences in Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines how in Genealogy of Morals philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche examines the differences that exist b...

Proust and Descartes Regarding Identity

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

Debates During the Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment

with the fall of man and the origin of sin was metaphorical rather than literal. Not surprisingly, such thinking was considered b...

Comparison of Spinoza and Hume

was that pleasure was immediate gratification but the greater good would be realized by a life lived based on principles as the go...

Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

by Kierkegaard as the individual who lives in response to God, no matter what appearances may be. As an example of the Knight of F...

Philosophies and Democracy

In five pages the statement 'Democracy is not a mechanical device, it is, rather, a living organism that can only flourish in cert...

School Prayer and the Perspectives of Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr.

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

The Views on God, Religion, and Philosophy as Glimpsed by Bonaventure, Aquinas, and Augustine

else can be expected but that creatures (angelic, human, and the rest) are also one as emanating from God. Dont say "creating" si...