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Theology in an Exploration of Space and Time

Moltmann's ideas are used to incite discussion on time and space issues in this paper of fourteen pages with time defined and the ...

Socratic Philosophy and Plato

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

Race According to Charles R. Lawrence and John Stuart Mill

anti-discrimination legal issues and laws, equal rights protection, and the newer "discipline" of modern and critical race theory....

Analyzing the Letting Handicapped Babies Die Article

keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...

Secular Society and Doubt and Belief

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

Whose Justice? Which Rationality? by Alasdair MacIntyre

of the Catholic Church. MacIntyre introduces his principal thesis in Whose Justice? Which Rationality? by pointing out that form...

Private Property and Philosophy

In seven pages this paper discusses private property in a discussion of social contract theory, the views of Rousseau, Hobbes, and...

'Unexamined Life' Concept of Socrates

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' philosophical views on self examination and the importance of motivation within the i...

Human Reproduction and the Views of Aristotle

The other part listens to reason "as one would listen to a father." Aristotle asserted that there was no absolute, objectively, ...

Knowledge and the Views of the Empiricists and the Rationalists

In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...

A Human Mind Inquiry

Thomas Reid's philosophical perspectives are examined in this paper consisting of nine pages in terms of perceptual senses, visual...

Happiness According to Immanuel Kant and Aristotle

ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...

John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and the Social Contract

In seven pages this paper examines the social contract in concept and incorporates the philosophical views of Thomas Hobbes and Jo...

American Poverty and Philosophy

The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...

The Philosophy, Meaning, and Value of Being Good

This paper examines the true meaning of the very vague word, good. The author points out that the word has two separate and unique...

Evolution of Evil in Christianity

How evil evolved in Christian beliefs is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages and how evil has changed in terms of soci...

Muslim Women - Oppressed

injustice" (Cudd, 2006, p. 23). This means that oppression is perpetuated through some sort of social institution or through the p...

A Personal System of Philosophy

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

Questions on Personal Philosophies Answered

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...

Philosophy Questions and Religion

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

What Is the Objective of the Philosophical Investigation?

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

Defending God's Existence Philosophically

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

Marriage in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales -Merchant and Wife of Bath

A paper comparing and contrasting the views of marriage by two of Chaucer's characters in The Canterbury Tales, the Merchant and t...

Columbus, Hero or Villain?

doing so, Boorstin puts this within the context of the historical era. For example, he explains that fifteenth century sailors sta...

Religious Plurality Views

through Me" (Vlach, 2007). However, Judaism and Islam are also exclusive religions (Vlach, 2007). They may admit or acknowledge th...

What Role Does Intent Play In Determining Ethical Behavior

incorporate personal and sometimes selfish considerations into the process of ethical determinations, but this does not negate the...

The Culture, History and Artistry of Black America

vision, no true identity, and certainly does not connect with his African American culture. His mother, however, changes some o...

The Transformation of Attitudes about Death and Dying

11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...

Public Administration: Discretionist vs Instrumentalist

fact, contended that: "even under the best arrangements a considerable margin of irresponsible conduct of...