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Descartes and Heidegger in Samuel Beckett's Rockaby

In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...

Utopian Political Philosophy Criticism in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...

Truth, Absolute or Relative

In five pages this report discusses philosophy in a consideration of whether or not truth can be regarded as absolute or relative....

Why Utility Pleases by David Hume and Sympathy's Role

In three pages this report discusses the utilitarian philosophy of David Hume in a consideration of the role of sympathy in 'Why U...

The Politics of Aristotle's Text

government- no one will say that this is a democracy" (Aristotle Book 4, Part IV, p.PG). He goes on to explain that if the poor w...

Interpreting the Constitution

Interpreting the U.S. Constitution is something that many jurists spend their lives trying to accomplish. This paper examines how ...

Issues in the Classroom

In six pages issues involving cultural prejudice in the classroom and how the educator should handle such an occurrence is conside...

3 Doubt Arguments in Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

In four pages this text examines Meditations on First Philosophy in an analyzes of the three doubt arguments Rene Descartes presen...

The Enlightenment in America by Ernest Cassara

In five pages this text is examined in a discussion of enlightenment philosophy as represented by Rousseau, Hume, and Locke. Ther...

Community and the Possession of Private Arms

In ten pages this paper considers the right to bear arms in America in a discussion of community with a comparison of the philosop...

William James' Free Will and Baron d'Holbach's Philosophy of Determinism

In four pages this paper contrasts these two very different philosophies. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Property Concepts of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques Rousseau

such "luxuries" as central air conditioning and a built-in dishwasher. Today, these items are considered essential. Similarly, mos...

Ethics by Benedict Spinoza

In a paper that consists of five pages Spinoza's one substance concept of God is examined in terms of his philosophies. There are...

'Father of Contemporary China' Sun Yat Sen

In fifteen pages this paper considers the political philosophy of Sun Yat Sen and how his influence resulted in the cataclysmic 19...

Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...

Real World and Adam Smith's Economic Philosophy

free market ideology spouted, but not always implemented. Many economists do preach the virtues of the free market, but in reality...

Homeopathic Philosophy Lectures of James Tyler Kent

In five pages this paper discusses how 'modern' man's ailments of the spirit, body, and mind can be cured by the beliefs contained...

Politics According to Plato and Aristotle

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Bret Harte's Life and Writings

In five pages this biography of Bret Harte includes the times in which he lived, his philosophy, and his text The Outcasts of Poke...

Knowledge and Sexuality According to German and French Critical Theory

In twelve pages Michel Foucault's philosophies are featured in a discussion of critical theory pertaining to the French and German...

Different Feminist Views on Pornography

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares 2 feminist views on pornography in a consideration of Talk Dirty to Me An Intimate...

Propriety Rule, Socrates, and Confucius

In five pages Confucian concepts of 'man of humanity' and 'rule of propriety' are considered with the incorporation of Socrates' p...

Ford Motor Co. and Total Quality Management

15 years ago that it was around 1981 that the change was visible at Ford. "The company has switched to a manufacturing philosophy...

Abraham Joshua Heschel's Writings

In seven pages this paper discusses Man is Not Alone A Philosophy of Religion by noted Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel i...

Epistemology's Philosophical Definitions

knowledge by comparing the encoding of conceptually related co-occurrences with the encoding of conceptually unrelated co-occurren...

Ethical Views on Euthanasia

In five pages a nursing perspective is presented in this ethical consideration of euthanasia and its related issues with reference...

Child Pornography on the Web

criminals - the children? While we might guess that a child would develop a sensitivity around his own sexuality, what often seem...

Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant

Challenge, then, for Kant, would come from the inherent process that man experiences as he moves away from nature and into a socie...

Democracy Supporter John Locke

In six pages this paper discusses how Locke's political philosophies may be regarded as advocacy for democracy in a consideration ...

Philosophical Perspectives of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

In ten pages this trio of philosophers and their philosophies are contrasted and compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...