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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...

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...

Good and Evil According to Philosophers William James, Friedrich Nietzsche, St. Augustine of Hippo, and Aristotle

In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...

Social Responsibility and Libertarians

Libertarianism and social responsibility are two major theories of political organization in the world today. Libertarians stress ...

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...

Philosophers on Being

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

Two Theories on Crime

In eight pages the ways in which theories attempt to explain why some individuals break the law are examined with a discussion of ...

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...

Society, Deviance, and Differences

In five pages deviance in society is examined in a discussion of the labeling theory along with the philosophies of Emile Durkheim...

Right and Wrong According to Philosophers W. David Ross and Thomas Hobbes

In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...

Crime - Two Viewpoints

theories: " ...such theorists viewed criminals not as evil persons who engaged in wrong acts but as individuals who had a criminal...

General Ideas in the Field of Astronomy

Astronomy and the theories attached to the discipline are discussed in ten pages. Various theories and ideas are included such as ...

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...

Theory O, Theory E, and Change

increasing of their profits (Chryssides et al, 1998). The main aim of the business is to make profit for the shareholders. Jensen...

Caring Theory, a Critique

nurse-patient relationship, the nurse gives without the expectation of reciprocation (1991). Thus, a patient need not return the f...

7 Major Philosophers

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

Learning Theories of Piaget and Miller

This paper provides a comparison of the learning theories put forth by Piaget and Miller. The author discusses Piaget's Developme...

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...

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...

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...

Early Greek Philosopher Parmenides

as a problem (Frost, 1962). However, later philosophers, as they pondered the nature of the universe, began to see the fact of cha...

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...

Art According to Philosophers Descartes, Barthes, and Foucault

know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...

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...

Criminology Theory Glossary

go unexplained based on ordinary criminological theory. Trait theory provides new explanations for odd behavior. At the same time,...

Knowledge as Conceptualized by Philosophers

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

Cinematic Portrayal of Greek Virtue and Philosophers

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...