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Essays 481 - 510
The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...
In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...
it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...
This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...
In five pages this report examines the qualities of being human in terms of being and becoming in the individual and incorporates ...
In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...
it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...
the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...
philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
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...
believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...
charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...
they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...
a body" (Aristotle), Plato illustrates his inability to see beyond mankinds mortal connection, opting instead to focus upon a deci...
top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...