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Concepts of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...

Sidney Jourard's Psychological Theories

the layers are slowly and systematically peeled away, revealing increasingly more of the personality of the individual (Williams, ...

Republic by Plato and its Concepts

importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...

Ethical Views of the Movie Saving Private Ryan

the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...

Philosophy and Pessimism

In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...

Social Justice Issues

not just, but rapacious (1998). It is instead a theater of adaptive and predatory deception (1998). One can clearly see that Thras...

Perspectives on Time

Barbour, time is merely an illusion (Anonymous, 2000). In his ruminations on time, Augustine contemplates the subjectivity of tim...

Thomas Youk's Assisted Suicide Aired on Television

particularly when a known controversial figure assisted the act? What happened was that Thomas Youk was given a lethal injectio...

God, Nature, and Human Knowledge and the Philosophies of John Locke and Rene Descartes

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

God's Existence and the Perspectives of David Hume, William Paley, Rene Descartes, and Augustine of Hippo

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone According to Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper examines Kant's philosophical considerations of religion from a moral perspective. Five sources are cite...

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...

Basic Element Ideologies of Philosophy

and Anaximenes (Is Philosophy Possible?). However, there were a great many others who contributed to the mainstream of postulate...

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume

In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

Dialogue Format of Plato

In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...

Overview of Cybersquatting

without her permission, some wonder why others make a big deal about domain names that are only similar to a particular company na...

Boeing Company and Theories of Ethics

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

A Coroporate Morality Case Study

the company as well as its profitability is important to him. Ellis will likely want to go for the deal but the situation does get...

A Corporate Morality Case Study

the company as well as its profitability is important to him. Ellis will likely want to go for the deal but the situation does get...

Ethics and Business

new. The result was the death of the brand, all ferries were gradually changed to P&O ferries, the name of the parent company, but...

Perception and Logic in Philosophy

conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...

Animal Rights

humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...

Expansion of Paper on Nursing Delegation and Shared Governance

of the patient (beneficence); * does not perform functions that can do harm to the patient (non-malficence); * practice fairness...

Plato and John Stuart Mill on Social Freedom

interprets the ideal of freedom and to what extent they live in their own psychological prisons. Social freedom means that one wil...

Badwar's Inverse Proportionality Criticism in 'The Circumstance of Justice'

first of all, wherever friendship or community flourishes, justice doesnt - and when this fades, justice becomes more important. S...

On Germany by Madame Germaine de Stael

writer/tutor reviews Staels text in chronological order, the student researching this topic may wish to contrast and compare the ...

Stanley Cavell and the Truth of Skepticism by Fergus Kerr

natures regiment. As such, familiarity does not lend itself to unaccountability or being troublesome to understand. Why, then, w...

Special Education Concepts

is fair to accommodate golfers who have disabilities because they gain an unfair advantage. However, such beliefs can be detriment...

Capital Punishment and American Political Changes

be the greater injustice. It can be contended that Socrates was correct, that the death penalty is an important tool for insuring...