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Essays 331 - 360
In five pages Arthur Waley's text is applied to a discussion of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism within the context of categoriz...
In six pages this paper examines the philosophical similarities and differences between Suzuki Roshi's and Immanuel Kant's theorie...
one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...
possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...
with the profits generated from their production of greater importance than the care and welfare of the animals (505). During the...
sense of direction that otherwise would merely drift in subconscious thought, which also helps to apply a modicum of understanding...
Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...
problems in the industry. Yet, while it is arguable as to the degree of safety problems inherent in the industry, it is safe to sa...
to run the facility. Although the area is underdeveloped, there has been a development on the islands and as such it is likely the...
involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...
shareholders and the only other ethical duties are those which are required for business, these include legal requirements and the...
What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...
of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...
However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...
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...
certainty. I might as well take a shower. I hurried, in an effort to at least reduce the amount of time I would walk into the door...
it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...
horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...
life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...
conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...
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...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...
in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...
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...
interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...
to break up that civilization into smaller units. The point being, love is doomed because society requires multiple, sanitized re...
This research team selected homeless adolescents as the focus for their study. While, in general, the concept that informed parent...
he defends himself well, Socrates is still found guilty and stoically accepts his fate, indicating that since only the gods are aw...