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Essays 301 - 330
action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...
and nurses often object to actively participating in active euthanasia on the basis of their professional codes which explicitly p...
2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; so...
keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...
social order and how it was best managed. The founder of this school of though; Confucius, also known as Kong Zi or Master Kong, l...
2002). It is the dominant religion in India and Nepal Dating back to prehistoric times, it is no surprise that Hinduism has had a...
who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
trade. Barbaric pursuits held no interest, and the Chinese certainly knew their medicine and culture were vastly superior. ...
to living their lives at the mercy of their rulers. The vote for colonial democracy was a vote for the freedoms that are intrinsi...
himself, without mischief reaching at least to his near connexions, and often far beyond them"(Mills,9). John Stuart Mill seemed ...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...
life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...
for social control and the exercise of power, on the other. All government, indeed, all institutions of society, exist along this ...
it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...
the time, today people are faced with decisions and can decide to be honest or face dire consequences. Journalists today sometimes...
also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...
which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because ...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...
Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...
consider that if an entity, such as a nation, is to grow and become prosperous there will be enemies and as such perhaps war is es...
avoids trying to force the same concept of right and wrong upon all of the worlds societies, objectivism believes there is conside...
education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...
the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...