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Philosophy Essays

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Positivist Claims for Validity of Legal Rules Philosophy Essay
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Positivism is concerned with the interface between concepts of rules and ideas of authority. This structure is held together by consideration of issues such as validity and obedience. Validity allows for the external legitimization of the structure. All these forces that make up a legal structure are in a dynamic equilibrium with one another.
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The Quest for Wisdom Philosophy Essay
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The author states that for Plato intellectus is the name of the understanding in its capability of simplex intuits, of that straightforward idea to which fact presents itself similar to scenery to the eye. For Pieper, the manner of Leisure contemplation is escorted and saturated by an unforced consciousness for religion.
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Karl Marx: Human Freedom Philosophy Essay
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The author states that the way how Marx views freedom is like a blank paper in which an individual can freely draw or write the way he preferred it. Although the space provided symbolizes the broadness of freedom, it still has its boundaries through its edges. This just implies that no matter how freely man can be.
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The theory of utilitarianism Philosophy Essay
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This has great appeal in the area of welfare economics and does not differ dramatically from the philosophies and beliefs of Keynes, Pareto, and Pigou; some might even include Marx in this category.
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How Applicable Is This to the Work of Wordsworth Philosophy Essay
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The author states that considered one of William Wordsworth’s most important poems, The Prelude occupied the poet throughout his life. Wordsworth revised the poem intermittently but he did not publish it during his lifetime. The Prelude is autobiographical and essential to understanding Wordsworth’ life and poetry.
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Social Justice Social Order Philosophy Essay
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The directive of the individual within a bureaucratic and administered world proscribes genuine feeling and sentiment. The procedure of civilization thereby entails the taming of savage feeling. The majority of sociological explorations of mass culture, especially those undertaken within a Marxist or critical theory standpoint, tend to be restricted in their cultural and political postulations.
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Two Forces in Human Nature Reign Philosophy Essay
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The author states that in ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’, a quite ordinary American family, consisting of a good-natured grandmother, a troubled married couple, and their sometimes naughty three children, meet up with an escaped criminal who calls himself The Misfit after they have suffered a car accident.
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Forms of Evolution Philosophy Essay
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The brain's capacity for imagination and abstract thought has made the topic of evolution one of the most debated and controversial issues of our time. Lines are often drawn along religious beliefs that reject the theory of evolution, while other camps argue that the theory is a fact. Evolution is often misunderstood and has challenged scientists
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Philosophy and Psychiatry Philosophy Essay
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The author states that the optimists feel that the thesis of determinism cannot be ruled out as false for the simple reason that the “facts as we know them do not show determinism to be false.” The optimists feel, there are enough facts to corroborate the existence and relevance of determinism.
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Individualism and Collectivism Philosophy Essay
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The author states that this viewpoint is in direct contrast to collectivism, which states that the opposite is true – that the importance of the community is high above that of the individual, and that the good of the community to which one belongs should be considered more important than one’s personal needs or wishes.
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The Multicultural and Classic Readings Philosophy Essay
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The author states that the worker becomes alienated from the product he is making because he no longer has any social investment in that product. By way of example, in the agrarian era, a farmer who raised his own crops might sell one portion of the crops in order to produce revenue, but he would also subsist on a portion of them.
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Afterlife in the Ancient World Philosophy Essay
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Around 2000 B.C.E., ancient Mesopotamians faced hardships in their daily lives, and the afterlife they envisioned mirrored these hardships. In The Epic of Gilgamesh: Enkidu’s Dream, Enkidu describes a frightening view of life after death to Gilgamesh.
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Liberation Theology Philosophy Essay
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The author states that the dilemma remains the same as it was five hundred years since the church’s arrival in Latin America, poverty and social injustice are as much a part of Latin American reality as they have ever been. Liberation Theology despite application between church and state in the colonial period is still revealed in the number of priests.
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Jeremy Bentham - Concept of Utilitarianism Philosophy Book Report/Review
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However, in the previous and present centuries, we have witnessed the development of humanitarian laws and international human rights legislation which have been applied with the force of law in countries signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Although the application of these laws is not maximized to a full degree.
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Evolutionists Vs Creationists Philosophy Essay
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The author states that evolutionists for example Darwin suppose that each and every living thing came into being by a molecule by natural selection. By accumulating, binding mutually the facts, and applying scientific data of fossil accounts, anthropologists, as well as scientists, have ended up at such results of the evolution of human life.
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Left Realism Theory Philosophy Essay
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Left Realism theory emerged with the work of Lea and Young in 1984. Elements of Left Realism include the square of crime, relative deprivation and principle of specificity. These elements are also major strengths of this theory. Left Realism's weakness is that it fails to explain why some relatively deprived people turn to crime, whereas others don't.
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Lao-Tzu viewpoints on Taoist Philosophy Philosophy Essay
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All things "obtained the One" and came into existence; conversely, without that which gives them life, they naturally die. A new thinking has turned me to focus on Taoist practical philosophy. It does not follow that human beings should be consumed by longings for it.
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Compare and contrast Durkheims and Marxs analysis of Punishment in Modern Society Philosophy Essay
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This study, Compare and contrast Durkheim’s and Marx’s analysis of Punishment in Modern Society, discusses the theory of anomie by Emile Durkheim and his views on punishment and its functional role. In the end the paper compares the views of both these great thinkers and presents the conclusion. 
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Cores of Realism in Contemporary World Philosophy Essay
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Realism is a term we commonly use to define motivation for behaving by truths and facts which exist independently of sentiment, emotive persuasions, or overtly ideological tendencies. Within politics and more specifically, international relations, Realism has come to mean a rejection of moralistic or ethical concerns.
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The Basic Needs of Human Nature Philosophy Essay
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The author states that a Zen master living in a simple yet contented life has something to give to others. Particularly in the story, the thief was trying to resources out something at the master’s dwelling as his nature is to do the stealing. Yet, when he was caught by the master, instead of rebuking him for his misdeeds, the master felt pity.
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What are the main differences between hypothetical and categorical imperatives Philosophy Essay
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For instance, if one considers owning an expensive car, then he or she must search for a good paying job to contribute in coming up with the funds. In most instances, hypothetical imperatives apply to individuals who wish to achieve the results.
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Does the Philosophy of Law Have Any Practical Value or is it Just a Mental Exercise Philosophy Essay
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Mutual relationships, rights, duties, and obligations; a relational paradigm. Obligation by its very definition, as stated by Princeton’s wordnet.edu is “the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force of duty and be binding subject to enforcement.” It uses the following quotation by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. as further illustration.
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Utilitarianism and the Ethical Policy Philosophy Essay
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The theme of abortion is an extremely responsive one. Abortion is critically wicked. The finest way to argue in conflict with abortion is with Mill’s Utilitarianism. The utilitarian vision of humanity is we should do whatever is probable to attain eventual happiness with the slightest amount of tenderness.
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John Lockes View of Ownership in Context with the Mabo versus Queensland Philosophy Book Report/Review
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In order to understand what would be the decision of Locke if juxtaposed by the case Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1, it is necessary to view his opinion starting with justice. According to Ian Harris, Locke’s idea of justice simply suggests that the conformity between action & the rule of propriety should be understood in the sense of a right to anything’ (Harris, 2000, p. 49).
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Utopia and the Eastern State Penitentiary Philosophy Essay
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There are several elements of comparison between these two famous places, though they share dissimilarities of various types. For example, one finds that, in Utopia, people have restraints but they are free to speak to each other. Similarly, prisoners within the Eastern State Penitentiary are not allowed to have any human contact.
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What words have to do with the human body or the universe Philosophy Essay
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From this point, let us take a step further and advance into a new dimension. This is the place where most words originate. It is the human mind. The mind begins in the brain. Let us for a moment think about the mind-brain relationship, and we have an idea of how powerful words can be.
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A Great Innovator to Content the Soul Philosophy Essay
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The author states that Lawrence starts by stating that all of Whitman's beliefs are a dead man’s beliefs and pictures him with a grey color giving his white skin the darker shade of death. He, Lawrence, pictures him like a maze of human parts. Starting with Whitman’s beliefs on democracy he criticizes his self centrism.
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Aristotles Poetics Philosophy Assignment
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The author of the paper states that using Aristotle’s logic, it then follows that the study of tragedy can be a medium through which people’s lives may improve. While he stresses the importance of action in tragedy, he claims that it is the plot that is the most important thing in the genre.
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Antigone the Ideal Leader Philosophy Essay
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The author states that history has repeatedly proven beyond doubt that even the worthiest of the leaders; do not hesitate to relinquish what is right and just, once they discern even a faint possibility of intimidating consequences and ruthless repression. Antigone is presented and unraveled amidst a unique and peculiar set of circumstances.
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Epistemology versus Ontology in Research Design Philosophy Article
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In lieu of the above-mentioned criteria, it is important to realize that the study of culture is relevant to the research design. Therefore, it is imperative for the research design to be one that will be based on gathering, interpretation, and appropriate presentation of the facts. This is a concept supported by ontology, as epistemology simply seeks to study the existing data.
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Friedrich Nietzsche: On the Genealogy of Morality Philosophy Report
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 –1900), the nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist, has been recognized as a staunch critic of morality due to its obligation to unsustainable descriptive as well as its detrimental influence on the thriving of the highest types of human beings through its unique norms and values.
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The case against hurting others Philosophy Essay
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The author believes that the best way to understand what the other person is feeling is to actualize with the feelings of the other person. Hurting another person is a subjective concept. Many people do not even tend to realize even after they have undergone the process of making someone feel unconformable.
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Nature vs. Nurture in Intelligence Philosophy Assignment
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The author states that from the mid to late 1800s through to the early 1900s opinions rested in the nature camp. This was consistent with the scientific discoveries of the role of inheritance and natural selection by Mendel and Darwin. The major contributor to the psychological argument was Francis Galton.
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Hobbes (15 88-1679) on the right to all Philosophy Essay
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This liberty to do anything whatever, even to injure or kill one another if it seemed necessary, must be useless because each person's exercise of his liberty is at odds with everyone else's. Hobbes wrote that, "every man has a right to everything, even to another man's body.
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Doctrine of Determinism Philosophy Essay
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All preconceived notions, assumptions, and prejudices have to be questioned to know the real answers. If all this seems vague, let us try to understand it with a blend of science and philosophy. Let us shun the arbitrary and move on with well-defined concepts.
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Machiavelli's Concept of Friendship Philosophy Assignment
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The author states that man served the State and hence, ethics and politics were the same. This is to be contradistinguished with Machiavellian principles, which states that the State should serve the people. That is its whole reason for being. Under Machiavelli’s consent, a ruler is justified in doing whatever needs to be done to maintain the country.
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Irrationalism and Imperialism: A Discussion of Works Philosophy Book Report/Review
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However, for evolution to produce the perfect individual it was necessary for present and future generations to experience the 'natural' consequences of their conduct. Only in this way would individuals have the incentives required to work on self-improvement and thus to hand an improved moral constitution to their descendants.
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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in APA Style Philosophy Essay
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As with love and knowledge, the concept, message, meaning, reasons, etc. of existence is also hard to define. There is no universally-accepted definition of the term. The twentieth-century view of existence that dominates states that existence is asserted by statements of first-order logic of the form "for some x Fx", as Wikipedia reports. 
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Cultural Differences in the Light of Marx's Class Theory Philosophy Essay
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In modern world cultural differences are becoming more and more apparent, so it is impossible to apply social sciences successfully without studying the specifications of each culture. To look into the problem given it is necessary to define briefly the Marx’s class theory and to mention the main features of Western and Eastern mentality.
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Aestheticism and Modernism Philosophy Book Report/Review
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The modernist period lies from 1900-1950; a time of great progress in art, architecture, music and literature. Modernism, the genre that was associated with this period, featured radical aesthetics, technical experimentation, self-conscious reflexiveness and scepticism of the real world.
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St Francis of Assisi and Abraham Philosophy Essay
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The author of the essay states that Francis received elementary education from the priests of St George’s in Assisi. Although he was associated with his father, he showed no signs of interest in his business career. Francis was a man who loved pleasure. But he showed instinctive sympathy to the poor.
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Continental Philosophys Search for Balance Philosophy Essay
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Hegel's dialectical philosophy was the ultimate expression of German Idealism, which was prevalent throughout his lifetime and was connected both to Romanticism and political revolution. Arguably the most politically and economically impacting philosopher to follow after Hegel, Karl Marx in the 1840s "reproached Hegel for having absolutized into an ideal state the Prussian state" of his era.
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Lutheranism and Calvinism Philosophy Essay
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The author of the paper states that Lutheranism and Calvinism differed with regard to the concept of predestination, morality and discipline, church organization, etc. Significantly, Calvinism particularly appealed to certain groups and the people of the cities welcomed both Lutheranism and Calvinism.
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The Post-Modern Condition Philosophy Essay
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Signs express a "natural law of value" reflecting a reality that appears to exist in its own right and on its terms. Symbols map an order that is extrinsic to language and culture. Example: Holy Scripture (signifier) reveals God's Law (as object or efferent). By definition, the "Word" cannot be a human artifice.
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Greek Philosophical Thinking Philosophy Essay
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The author states that the philosophical thinking at that time has reached such borders, which it could not leave. The political life started to develop in the Greek republics has put forward new interests, much closer to an individual. The naive aspiration to world knowledge is superseded by the aspiration of an individual.
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Rawls A theory of Justice Philosophy Essay
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Rawls's in his book A Theory of Justice has constructed a hypothetical theory which is system based on equality that he calls "Justice as Fairness". Rawls's social theory discusses the role of institutions in a society, which aggravate bitterness creating isolation.
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Kants philosophy of universalisation Philosophy Essay
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What Kant believes is the significance of good will in universalism so that every individual act should be performed not as a duty, but as a moral deed in accordance with the universal moral law that the autonomous human being freely gives itself
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Nehamas on Nietzsche: Chapter 7 Philosophy Essay
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The reason behind this idea is that Nietzsche believed that it was impossible for a system of morality to be established without breaking the laws it is set up t uphold. While there are many ways to interpret the phrase “Beyond Good and Evil,” the most appropriate and wide-reaching implication of the statement is the terms moral and immoral.
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The Nature of Morality Philosophy Essay
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The word morality is used to refer to norms and socially acceptable behavior put forward by the society. It can also be referred to as a behavior which would be thought of as suitable in specified situations.
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Conventional Morality Philosophy Book Report/Review
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It may be useful to set out initially the traditional interpretations of each philosophy and to work from there in exploring how the two can be seen to compliment, and to conflict with, each other. The basis of JS Mill’s utilitarianism rests on a number of principles, centered the ultimate aim of happiness.
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