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In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...
way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...
In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....
always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...
In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...
In five pages this paper examines the individual rights' differences in opinion between Aristotle and Kant and considers how Kant ...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...
defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...
the idea that the aristocracy was inherently better than other socioeconomic classes and, therefore, entitled by their superiority...
happened to be the French Revolution. This ushered in a new period where democracy would create a brave new world. France would en...
old age, death, and finally, a monk "who had given up everything he owned to seek an end to suffering" ("Following the Buddhas Foo...
The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...
would sweep away the superstitions of the past and replace them with the clear light of reason. Regardless of the discipline in wh...
economy was altered. The rural landscape would be replaced for city life, something quite different from what was known. All of th...
In five pages this essay argues in support of the effectiveness of Thomas Paine's preference for reason over supernatural faith. ...
In six pages this paper discusses President Ronald Reagan's dismissal of air traffic controllers within the context of Kant's phil...
felt that a similar approach could be taken with regard to consciousness....
This paper offers summary, contrasts, comparisons, and weakness analyses of these ethical philosophies. No additional sources are...
there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...
more righteous than if one was merely envious of anothers success even if the successful person had done nothing wrong. Of course,...
human comparable with Kants ideas? For Nietzsche, the noble human being strives to be alone, to stand up for himself, to take on r...
right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...
an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...
This essay discusses Kant's categorical imperative as illustrated by applications evident in criminal justice and law enforcement....
for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...
one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...
life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...