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virtue, i.e., justice, but it is also included under Aquinas discussion of love, specifically under love of ones neighbor, for Go...

they realize that they may not be able to survive. They only have to come up with the money because an old, poor friend married a ...

mode of production and the social relations this entailed made possible the great monument construction of ancient eras, such as t...

understood. He goes on to call it a queer thing that abounds in metaphysical subtleties as well as theological niceties (1887). A...

that people can earn money while being frugal at the same time. Webers argument concerning the origin of capitalism in his classic...

are therefore not revolutionary, but conservative." It does seem to be the case that for example the Republican party in the Unit...

This essay reports on three adult learning theories and relates them to the writer's experience. The theories are Freire, Mezirow,...

instinct (Marx as cited in Tucker, 1978). Here, the point of alienation is emphasized. The drive which is within man is truly rema...

property, and divine or eternal laws (Gasser, 2007). They did not necessarily agree but they both offered views on what we can ref...

The entitled topic represents one part of this paper, which discusses four philosophers. Weber proved his point that Calvinism pla...

Karl Marx is known for his arguments against capitalism and how the elite exploit the weak. Durkheim is known for considering the ...

This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...