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Comparison of Socrates, Alexander the Great, and Confucius

assignment to the highest post in the state which could be obtained by a commoner such as himself (Owen, 1997). In...

Shaping Business Ethics Philosophically

In this paper consisting of seven pages balance in terms of community interest and self interest are explored as are potential con...

Investigation of Crime Theories

In eight pages various theoretical perspectives are applied to the Columbine school shooting with an article written by James Gord...

Ethical Objectivism and Ethical Relativism Concepts

In five pages this paper examines ethical objectivism and ethical relativism from a philosophical perspective. Two sources are ci...

Kantian Ethics Applied to the Abortion Issue

the nineteenth century, abortion was seen as the only recourse for women who had become pregnant due to being lured into the bed o...

John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant's Philosophies

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...

Socrates' Life and Philosophies

In fourteen pages this paper examines Socrates in an overview of his life and philosophical views regarding law, religion, reason ...

Influence of PreSocratic Philosophy

In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical influence exerted by preSocratic philosophy and includes an examination of Her...

Analysis of God's Existence

In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...

Material Substance According to David Hume, George Berkeley, and John Locke

In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...

Hegelian Dialectic and Karl Marx

In seven pages this paper examines how the Hegelian dialectic is viewed by Karl Marx in a comparison of philosophical perspectives...

African Philosophy Bantu

In five pages universalistic and particularistic perspectives are employed in a discussion of African philosophical aspects as rel...

Humanity, Values, and Valuing

Indeed, the issues behind ethics and morality are critical to defining what meaning truly represents. One who has addressed these...

Democrats, Republicans, and the Federalist Papers

In three pages this paper considers the early political parties of the United States in a discussion of the Federalist Papers and ...

Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke's 'Social Contract' Perspectives

In five pages this report examines what a 'social contract' means from the philosophical perspectives of Jean Jacques Rousseau and...

Communism, Federalism, and Freedom

In seven pages this paper examines the different perspectives of freedom expressed by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx in The Commun...

Community and Inequality According to Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke

a moral fashion, it ceases to function in the proper manner and ceases to exert genuine authority over the individual. According ...

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...

A Sovereign Philosophical View

In twenty pages the relationship that exists between natural law ans sovereignty is examined through such philosophical perspectiv...

Philosophy and the Concept of 'Good'

What constitutes good is considered from a philosophical perspective in five pages with the focus being on the philosophies of Pla...

Teamsters Union from 1989 to 1999

In ten pages a Teamsters' history focuses upon this particular decade and includes union relationships, leadership of James Hoffa ...

Human Nature According to Edmund Burke and Karl Marx

In six pages this paper discusses human nature from the philosophical perspectives of Karl Marx and Edmund Burke in a consideratio...

Philosophical Views on Human History

In five pages this paper discusses society's development in relationship to humans in a consideration of the philosophical perspec...

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...

Reasons or Causes and Individual Actions

In fourteen pages the causality of people's actions and whether or not they are rooted in reasons are examined through social scie...

Clifford, Karl Popper, Insufficient Evidence, and the O.J. Simpson Case

In five pages this paper examines Clifford's claim that insufficient evidence leads to lack of believability in a discussion that ...

Society's Impoverished

In five pages this paper examines how society views its impoverished classes from religious, philosophical, political, and economi...

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...

American Poverty and Philosophy

The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...

Philosophical Comparison of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical perspectives of Mill and Kant in terms of the similarities and di...