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Japanese Lost Tribes?

that appears to illustrate the story of Isaac, which is recorded in the book of Genesis in both Jewish and Christian scripture. Th...

William Rowe's Argument on Evil

by allowing some evils to exist, it makes possible greater goods that cannot be obtained by any other route (Honderich, et al 255)...

Voluntarism, 'I Think Therefore I am,' and the Meditations of Rene Descartes

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

Rene Descartes on God

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

An Article Analysis on Video Game Playing Advantages

countrys urban children, playing "in the woods," or in the local park has become too dangerous, that it is better that they explor...

4 Questions on the History of Psychology

In five pages this paper examines psychology and its history in a consideration of four questions pertaining to the ideas of Erik ...

Elgin Marbles' Fight Between Great Britain and Greece

In five pages this paper examines the arguments on both sides regarding this fight for the marbles in a consideration of whether o...

Six Argument Schemas

employed. PREMISE 2: Self-defense must correlate with reasonableness. PREMISE 3: Both law and morality must play a role in the e...

DON'T ASK DON'T TELL AND IMPACT ON MILITARY RECRUITMENT

(Herek, 2008). As a result, by 1992, the Government Accounting Office pointed out that close to 17,000 men and women were discharg...

Sex and Morality

accepted element in some of the more primitive of the worlds societies, more advanced societies have historically regarded promisc...

CAFTA: PRO AND CON ARGUMENTS

with this agreement, it wont have that much of an impact; rather, other sectors, such as agriculture, construction equipment and o...

The Death Penalty

and Pojman quotes Kant at length in stating: "There is no similarity between life, however wretched it may be, and death, hence ...

Gary Nash/Race and Revolution

his Preface, indicating his regard for him as a "seminal thinker" (Nash ix). Also, he acknowledges that he adopted his stance rega...

A Business Ethics Case Study

going through a predecessors files, he discovers a secret internal report about the companys new drug Colstop. This drug, introduc...

Controversy of Cloning Human Beings

this kind of assertion is challenged by medical interests, including corporate interests and the views of medical professionals, w...

Positive and Negative Aspects of Human Cloning

the one is more credible than the other in that it relies on fact rather than opinion. The paper concludes that given the moral a...

Ideas and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America

In six pages the history of ideas is examined within the context of Democracy in America in an evaluation of de Tocqueville's argu...

Knowledge and the Views of Plato and Aristotle

In seven pages the philosophical arguments by Plato and Aristotle regarding knowledge involves discussion of its source, acquisiti...

US and an Individual's 'Right to Die'

In seven pages this paper presents the argument that all individuals regardless of whether or not they are suffering from a deadly...

Turning Lost Customers into Gold by Joan K. Cannie

show that customers tend to buy more from companies that they have patronized for a long time (12). The lifetime value of a custo...

Moral Freedom According to Jean Paul Sartre and Immanuel Kant

always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...

Defending President William Jefferson Clinton

This paper consists of five pages and presents and argument that in the best interests of the United States along with questions r...

Searle's Disagreement with the Mind Philosophy of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...

Miracles and David Hume

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

Immanuel Kant's Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals and David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...

Women and Their Religious Ordination

take pleasure in the marital act; that killing infidels was a way to salvation; that taking interest on a loan was forbidden; that...

Comparative Analysis of the Philosophical Views of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...

Justice and Injustice in The Republic by Plato

means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...

Sun Significance in The Republic by Plato

of life, Socrates contends that reason is as well. Socrates considers the difference between those things that can be understood ...

Sociology of Religion and Emile Durkheim

In six pages Durkheim's sociological arguments regarding religion are considered and then opposes his social practice enactment th...