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In seventeen pages this paper examines the philosophical concept of evil and then considers 'necessary evil' within the contexts o...

In a paper consisting of five pages the concepts of human good, the 'doctrine of the mean,' and 'phronesis' as presented in Books ...

who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...

importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...

is fair to accommodate golfers who have disabilities because they gain an unfair advantage. However, such beliefs can be detriment...

is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...

exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...

obviously see elements of the man who wrote the story, for Kafka is often considered to be an individual who deeply examined his w...

steeled and a heart trans- formed into brass, so as to bear the weight of such responsibility" (Nietzsche, p.129). One can see tha...

of science there are two branches which are epistemology and metaphysics (Honderich, 1995). Science makes up an important part of ...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

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...

2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; so...

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

the text should fit the music, not the other way around. His opera, La Nozza de Figaro, while following the parameters of the comi...

capital may be seen as a inherent representation of the modern world. It is interesting to note that in the ideas of culture Bou...

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

what the concept of rights truly meant to the populace as a whole, with his general consensus reflecting the respect for and appre...

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

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

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

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

steady growth but the organisation failed to change so that it would be able to adapt. The planners were frustrated and their goal...

In five pages this paper discusses how this play is not a commentary on 17th century religious issues but deals instead with compl...

Asia) and the launch of new brands as well as diversification. These may all be seen as forward-looking strategies indicating plan...