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Philosophy Essays

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Plato, Freud and the Question of Nature of Mind Philosophy Essay
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This research will begin with the statement that two scholars, Plato (427-347 BC) and Freud (1856-1939) made immense contributions to the nature of mind. Writing from different times in history, the two scholars seemed to have used the word mind and soul interchangeably to mean the same thing. Their views of the nature of mind were an analysis of the psychology of reasoning.
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Critical Incident Technique by Flanagan Philosophy Assignment
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In an article published in the month of July in 1954 in the Psychological Bulletin titled Critical Incident Technique, Flanagan describes an incident as ‘any observable human activity that is sufficiently complete in itself to permit inferences and predictions about the person performing the action.’
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Kantian Ethics:A Comparative Analysis of Kant's Moral Theory Philosophy Essay
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Gauthier's attempt at justifying private ownership from an original appropriation in the state of nature fails to produce a complete justification of private ownership, which shows that private ownership and only private ownership is justifiable. His justification is partly because his arguments fail to exclude other possible forms of ownership  
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Analysis of Mind Body Problem Philosophy Research Paper
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During the eleventh century Muslim philosopher and physician Ibn-e-Sina, confessed by saying that he tried to read the Metaphysics, but could not understand its contents and was puzzled by the writer's objective, he confessed that he tried several times, and learned the text by heart but could not understand what the author wanted to say and mean.
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The Meaning of Life Philosophy Assignment
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Many of us live our lives without actually wondering why we are here – yet it is a question that often pops up in the dark hours of the night, or often during a hopeless moment.  On the other hand, others would say yes, if I am here there must be a meaning to my life, but without actually pressing forward to question exactly what that reason may be. 
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The Comparison of Philosophies of Plato Aristotle and Plotinus Philosophy Essay
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As the text has it, over the course of Plato’s career his works span an enormous array of subjects. While the ideas in his early works are greatly attributed to Socrates, who was Plato’s teacher and mentor, his middle works, notably the Republic are regarded by scholars as Plato’s own philosophy.
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How Objective or Subjective Phenomenon Is Reality Philosophy Coursework
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The short and common phrase “is this real?” is the defining part of a person’s life. Logically man would also ask what is real. Part of this entire line of questioning is whether reality is something shared or communally binds each and every member of society or is it specific only to a given individual?  
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Postmodern Christianity Philosophy Research Paper
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The philosophy of postmodernism opens the discussion within the Christian religion so it can be redefined with an understanding of the phenomenology with which it has been socially constructed. Foucault has opened up the concept of thought in that the foundations of knowledge do not necessarily reside where it is most often considered to reside.
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Just Health by Norman Daniels Philosophy Dissertation
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This essay will explore the question more broadly by inquiring into the degree that access to food resources are to be included in a definition of health and how the social justice issues posed by Daniels, Amartya Sen, Dworkin, and other modern philosophers and scholars relate to global hunger.
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Oppression Lies In The Invalidation Of Experience Philosophy Essay
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In essay discusses the thrust of the hypotheses that follow is that in demonstrates situations, conformity as such ceases to be the dominant mode of adaptive behavior. Under oppression, the most common modes of behavior are the instrumental, withdrawal, and rebellious modes. And also hypotheses which are formulated in a typically positivist manner.
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Chances to Change a Life Philosophy Essay
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This discussion talks that understanding the rules of the games is the first stage in the development of your life strategy. A map and a plan are also essentials in the formulation of a good strategy. Throughout this book, the author emphasized knowledge of the rules, knowledge of what makes people tick.
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Kant's View of the Mind and Consciousness of Self Philosophy Book Report/Review
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The author states that the forms of sensible intuition, space and time, organize appearances inexperience to a certain extent, but this is not enough. The intuited manifold still needs to be connected and put together. This is the job of synthesis, which is the main act of the understanding of the unity of apperception.
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Neoliberalism is not Only Producing a New Social Order but Its Own Geography as Well Philosophy Essay
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According to the paper, neoliberalist philosophy is foundationally a construction that favors the elite and actually serves to reinforce the establishment of class divisions and class power. The author offers a compelling argument that neoliberalism imposes sanctions on the poor, whilst servicing the interests of the privileged, in an effort to support free market ideologies.
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Hermeneutics: Interpretation Theory in Schleiermacher Philosophy Essay
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The most important aspect of his work, though, is the context that the word is placed in through the explanation of the more than 150 years of history of German philosophy that it is associated with. This historical account is important in explaining away the expansion of scope from a technique of interpretation of biblical meaning to a way of understanding the conditions of understanding in general.
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Essential Marx Engels Reader Philosophy Term Paper
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The history of women’s resistance is complex and rich in the diversity of ways that women have fought back in their specific cultural location and most effective methods for the situation. Both Marxist and Feminist perspectives reveal the very fact that conflict does exist between the classes of almost each and every society of the world. 
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Conflicts of Life - Prajakta Kanegaonkar Philosophy Assignment
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It is simply the conflict of surviving in this world. It requires a great deal of courage and strength for the people who are able bodied to sustain and survive as well, and here we talk about a person who completely depends on others for his survival and livelihood. The conflict here is no with the society but with his own life and existence and merely surrendering to it.
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Gandhi's Principles and Non-Violence Movement Philosophy Term Paper
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 Mahatma Gandhi’s principles regarding “non-violence movement” have gained his reputation not only in India but also in the whole world. Mahatma Gandhi was often called a “moral leader”. He played an instrumental role in the freedom movement of India and with his new theory of “Ahinsa” showed to the world how war can be waged without arms.
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Philosophy Relating to Acceptability Criteria Philosophy Assignment
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From this paper it is clear that a risk assessment is important in that, through it, the authorities will be in a better capacity to assess the benefits and losses related to a particular risk, and in this case, decide whether a risk is worth taking. Through this, the authorities will be able to ensure safety.
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What Did Theories of Thinkers Do with the Contemporaries' Minds Philosophy Essay
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The ‘Enlightenment’ period marks the transition from state-building interests promulgated by mere manifest destiny, toward a new world of production in all aspects of life; and especially the market production of goods and services for the satisfaction of human needs according to individual and social norms. 
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Stanley Kubricks Philosophical Vision Philosophy Essay
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According to the paper, the first part of this essay therefore analyses and explains existentialism. The second part of this paper analyses selected films by Kubrick with a view to identifying the theme of existentialism. During the 1900s and up to the 1940s, Hollywood studios focused on the production and reproduction of film types that were perceived as popular at the time.
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The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement Philosophy Book Report/Review
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The author articulates an important reason why radical enhancements should be forbidden. He argues that the very idea of humanity is intrinsically linked to certain species-specific values and perspectives. These are contained in our culture, art, relationships, and understanding of morality.
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Foucault's Theories of Power, Knowledge, and Technologies of the Self Philosophy Coursework
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Michel Foucault theories behind power, knowledge, and technologies of self are interrelated with one another. Over the years of strengthening these theories, Michel Foucault has provided us with a strong foundation which we can use on interpreting a person’s behavior, attitude, and cultural beliefs. 
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Philosophy of Counseling Philosophy Essay
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The counsellor’s aim is to construct a technique in counselling that builds trust. Trust is fostered by the counsellor’s demeanour, the interest displayed. Embodied in the technique for building trust is a number of self-empowering devices. The counsellor adopts methods that are designed to encourage the client to speak freely. 
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Argumentum between Capitalists and Free Market Environmentalists Philosophy Essay
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Lester Brown, Gwynne Dyer, and J. F Rischard are renowned environmentalists whose efforts in the advocacy for environmental conservation practices constantly face parallelism to human civilization. In his book, Jean-Francois describes the current capital society as a form of global community with unprecedented opportunities.
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Moral Dilemmas of Stem Cell Research Philosophy Research Paper
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As the text has it, there are still more diseases that crop up and have escaped healing:  Diabetes, Heart disease, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrigs’ disease, Alzheimers’ disease, among others.  A promising avenue for research that might lead to possible cures is the controversial Stem Cell Research.
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The Repertory of Orientalism Philosophy Admission/Application Essay
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The author states that another problem is that, the westerners viewed all the Orientals to be the same. This lead to the creation of an ideal, imaginary world which was far from the actual and progressive civilization. He also discusses how a marked shift was felt due to Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt in 1978, which was not a routine loot.
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Kants Concept of Perpetual Peace In Reality of United Nations Philosophy Research Paper
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The contemporary period bears witness to radical changes, which continue to re-shape and influence humankind’s struggle toward the attainment of the good life. After the devastation of World War II, rapid changes have been experienced in history. These changes include globalization, the establishment of the United Nations.
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The Phenomenalism of George Berkeley Philosophy Research Paper
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Throughout the paper, there are also various explanations that describe how Berkeley developed his Phenomenalism out of the weaknesses of the epistemological theories of the Rationalists like Rene Descartes and even his fellow Empiricist John Locke. Lastly, this paper exposes the weaknesses of Berkeley’s Phenomenalism as viewed by certain critics.
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Plato, Aristotle and the Ethics of Democratic Government Philosophy Research Paper
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The author states that for the relationship between Plato and Aristotle was one of master and pupil, as with the relationship between Socrates and Plato. Politics, Plato believed, was inseparable from morality; for Aristotle, the symbiotic nature between state and citizen was based on the idea that both sides act in the common good.
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Philosophy: Platos Meno Philosophy Term Paper
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Plato's Meno begins by Meno's inquiry on "virtue" made to Socrates. Meno asks "whether virtue is acquired by teaching or by practice; or if neither by teaching nor practice, then whether it comes to man by nature, or in what another way?”  Socrates replies that he is unaware of what virtue itself.
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Four Aspects of Loneliness Philosophy Term Paper
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Loneliness is nothing but an emotion, which touches every human being at some time or the other in life. It is as an essential aspect of human existence, an inescapable fact of life. It is normally associated with a feeling of insecurity, fear, emptiness and depression. It leads to dejection and low self-esteem.
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Descartes' Meditations And Proofs Of God's Existence Philosophy Essay
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Descartes was able to claim that the only possible cause of the idea that there is a God, a perfect being that people have in mind, is the actual perfect being the exist outside it. It is not unlike we have come to know the idea of a leaf – its color, its details, and difference from others, its scent.
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Metaphysics: Realism vs Anti-Realism Philosophy Research Paper
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The evolution of the metaphysics can be traced back to the days of Aristotle. Aristotle was the one to have introduced this branch of study in the philosophy. The main subject matter of the metaphysics is the existence of God. Aristotle also defines the subject matter of metaphysics as the study of the being or the “qua being”.
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Space of Global Capitalism Philosophy Research Paper
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The author explains that capitalism comprises of wage labor, markets which ate competitively, and the accumulation of capital. The capitalist economy is run by the parties, which determine the services and goods to be exchanged, and the assets involved. Globally, there are several models of capitalism.
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Modernity in Habermass Lifeworld and System Philosophy Research Paper
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In contrast, with his modified and expanded notion of system, Habermas builds up significant compromises to Luhmann and to the framework of the systems theory. It is with this notion of a system that he discovers the intricacy and the highly differentiated systems of roles that are evidently typical of late capitalist society.
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Thomas Paine - Deist or Quaker Philosophy Book Report/Review
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The concept of organized religion, around the exclusive revelation of a prophet, gives great power to the central Church. In modern times, such religious institutions have given ground to scientific institutions in the form of Universities, research institutions, and other intellectually-driven associations.
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The Negative Stereotyping of Aging Effects Philosophy Essay
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Ageism has been perceived and defined by many philosophers as a mode of thinking so that one has to believe in a negative manner about the process of becoming old. Though ageism itself is what the society believes and what extent it embeds ageism in the culture still it cannot deny having a profound effect on how people view themselves.
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Descartes Dualism Fails Philosophy Research Paper
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This question has only become more complicated in recent years as the new concept of ‘virtual reality’ became a visible possibility and as new science has continued to throw doubt on the possibility that such a division can occur. Essentially, the mind/body problem revolves around trying to determine what constitutes real experience.
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The Nature of Satyagraha Philosophy Research Paper
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The conclusion states that although Hobbes’ observation about the violent and brutish way of human beings might at times be true, Satyagrahis like Gandhi and King showed that humanity’s most basic impulses can be overcome with a higher consciousness for what is good and just. 
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Digital Philosophy: What Is Posthumanism Philosophy Dissertation
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The author states that the rapid pace in which the technologies are changing in recent period will have a huge impact on humanity in the recent future if the innovative trend persists. There have been shifts towards the digital technology in the recent decade. A new philosophical movement gained attention in the recent decade.
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The Coming of Age Philosophy Book Report/Review
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The author has viewed the adolescence plight such as rebellion, conflict, and disturbance. There are biological explanations by theorists and psychologists that influence adolescents. In chapter one, the problem adolescents have is presented and the author argues that the effects of civilization are testable through the study of different culture.
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Prior Existence of Convention Philosophy Term Paper
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Interpretation of art is different from evaluation, critique, and judgments. Interpretation involves explanations of things that are not obvious to the viewer, or listener. Evaluation is more objective and might be thought of as having more to do with the actual piece of art and its explicit components. Critique and judgments are the defining remarks that are based on many factors.
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Engage in Positions and Arguments on a Philosophic Topic Regarding Philosopher G. E. Moore Philosophy Term Paper
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One feels that Moore is contradicting Moore! He argues that “Good” and “Bad” in regards to ends are factual matters. His approach is something of a utilitarian in practical ethics—he sees the right conduct in relation to the consequences of the conduct in question. He also concedes allowance for variations in right conduct from time to time 
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I Think Therefore I Am - Event Patterns and the Great Awareness Philosophy Essay
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I was once asked by my high school English teacher, “Byron, why don’t you participate in the discussions and activities?”  I responded, “There is a lot to be learned from observing.”  My teacher retorted, “There is also a lot to be learned from participating.”  Today I believe that perhaps we were both correct.
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Views on Religion by Pascal Philosophy Essay
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Pascal had enough arguments for the questions about belief in God when the evidence of his existence is absent. Pascal stated that human makes life choices either on the basis or absence of any reasonable basis, so the decision to base life on belief in God would not look irrational because of the possible reward one may receive when he dies.
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Myths And Truth About Love Relationships Philosophy Term Paper
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The slanted eyes are downturned at the outer edges fairy tales and the couple seems to be engaged in the last tender kiss before they enter the silence of the grave. It may affect that for this piece, the man was the first to go as he sits on the ground, one leg seemingly atrophied and the woman stands over him in sorrow and strength.
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Everyone Needs a Balance between Individual Autonomy and Groupthink Philosophy Essay
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Kantian notions of a sense of autonomy and purpose in life achieved through freeing one’s minds of immaturity have spawned a whole host of questions. Immanuel Kant was one of the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment Era and his ideas regarding humans and our role in society have contributed to our understanding of our place in the world.
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The Origin of Epicurus Concept of Void Philosophy Research Paper
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The author states that before starting with Epicurus’ philosophy, it is better to start with a little information regarding his life. This is undertaken to show that Epicurus is a human person; he is neither a god nor a Demiurgos. Epicurus, who is considered as one of the major Hellenistic philosophers, was born around 341 BCE.
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Hegel's Moral View of the World Philosophy Annotated Bibliography
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This work of his discovers the environment and progress of mind or spirit. Hegel shows how mind passes through a procedure of inner progress from the ancient aspect of sensing through all kinds of “subjective and objective mind” which constitutes of art, religion, and philosophy to “absolute knowledge” that understand the whole method of progressing.
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Diverse Perspectives of Ethical Care Theory Philosophy Research Paper
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In philosophical terms, the root of life is metaphysics, the trunk of life is an epistemology, or the theory of knowledge and the fruit of life is ethics or moral philosophy. Ethics is one out of the five branches of philosophy namely metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics or art, ethics, and political philosophy.
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