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Essays 421 - 450
later. In each, she focuses on what she regards as the two most significant values that must be preserved if social justice is to...
asks whether pluralism "is a philosophy for wimps," that is, "for those whose beliefs are too saturated with uncertain and ambival...
in such a case: 1. They can tell the child what happened. 2. They can pretend that they dont know what happened. 3. They...
ethical, philosophical, and moral issues that characterize the one delivery mechanism also characterize the other. A particular c...
here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...
teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...
solution. Rousseau was an individual who attempted to incorporate civil religion as that solution. One author tells us that "Rouss...
philosophical movement that appeared in Great Britain and suggested that all knowledge is experiential ("British," 2004). In other...
points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...
develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...
of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...
(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...
in turn functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. Myriad philosophers, psychologists and sociologists have at...
exactly? Wikipedia defines it as follows: " Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, ...
like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...
problem is that in 1970, it was suggested that Nestle was profiting at the expense of third world mothers. While breast-feeding is...
attacks were largely carried out by those fighting for their freedom from a corrupt system (the Russian Revolution) or for the fre...
correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...
Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...
critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...
can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...
have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...
the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...
facts" (Manley 55) which leads to the realization that there are also "no true biographies...about this very ancient Greek poet" (...
there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...
but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...
to be happy, but to be happy he has to know what happiness is and how to achieve it (Alfarabi, p. 35). Here we come to the idea of...
to break up that civilization into smaller units. The point being, love is doomed because society requires multiple, sanitized re...