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However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...

hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...

This research paper examines Kant's philosophy of transcendental deduction, with a specific focus on the transcendental unity of a...

Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...

that the morality of choice is based on the greater good. The saying, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" arise...

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

between the patient and physician (technology, caring and values) are always present but may differ in balance. In addition, the r...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

that created a chasm between the haves and the "have nots." With people working for the government, and each getting an equal stip...

and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

individual who naturally believes in true equality and empowerment across the entire population. The reasons it becomes so confusi...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

that they are reconstructions of a world that never quite existed...but whose beauty...seductiveness, lies precisely in that mixtu...

as a morally acceptable act from a Utilitarian point of view. Many philosophical and sociological questions loom over this issue...

in the article "Key Iraqi weapons official held" in relation to topics studied in the roots of Western Culture deal primarily with...

When the Keynesian revolution started, there was less concern about the supply side factors. Keynesian economics developed in res...

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...

not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...

occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...

US manufacturing was benefiting from the attention to quality, whether specific organizations chose to implement TQM or not. Thos...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

In four pages concepts of religion, God, and transcendence are considered in a comparative analysis of Kant's philosophy and Hegel...

Keats diverges, in point, in the final influence of nature and the...

when the threat that caused their creation no longer exists. The Constructivists, in contrast, contend that alliances exist becau...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...