Philosophy Essays

The God Delusion Debate With Dawkins/Lennox
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Jan 2018
Introduction: The first main point argued by Dawkins is that the size and the complexity of the universe tempt us to think that there was a creator, a God. Science however, managed to emancipate us from explaining ...

State of Nature in the Modern Society
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Jan 2018
Introduction: INTRODUCTION According to John Stuart Mill “The state of nature that precedes civilization is where originality resides” [1] and “the society leaves its individuals to their own dev...

Effects of Science on Changing Knowledge
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Nov 2017
Introduction: “That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow.” Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of......

Ethical Impact of Knowledge
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Oct 2017
Introduction: “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility.” Evaluate this claim. Mahatma Gandhi, when asked by an adoring, adulating public, what he believed the greatest sins were, was pron...

Role of Knowledge for Meaning and Purpose
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Oct 2017
Introduction: “The whole point of knowledge is to produce both meaning and purpose in our personal lives.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Curious mind, has a zeal to understand what is going ...

Comparison of Marx and Hobbes
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Oct 2017
Introduction: Contrast and compare the views of Marx and Hobbes as to the basis of law and order in society. Marx and Hobbes are great philosophers with phenomenal contribution towards the theory of human society ...

Types of Conflict and Stages of Conflict
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Oct 2017
Introduction: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Conflict is a process that begins when one party assume that another party has negatively affected or is about to negatively affect, something that first party are cares. The simp...

Healthcare Rationing Debate
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Oct 2017
Introduction: Commentary on “The Rationing Debate”, Rationing health care by age Covering Statement: This paper aims to comment on Alan Williams’s article of “The rationing debate1” published in BMJ, 15t...

Hart, Fuller and Devlin Theories of Law and Morality
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Sep 2017
Introduction: Introduction This essay will explore the theories of Hart, Fuller and Devlin and consider there views on the link between law and morality. It will consider the debates mounted between Hart and Fulle...

Design of Phenomenological Research
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Sep 2017
Introduction: This is a philosophical movement concerned with the study of conscious experience, from the point of view of the first person (Moran, 2000). There is emphasis on the intentionality of experience – ...

Legal and Ethical Principles in Physician Assisted Suicide
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Sep 2017
Introduction: Methodology: Literature review. Introduction What follows is essentially a consideration of the current law on physician assisted suicide (PAS), with an appraisal of the arguments advanced supporting...

J.S.Mill's 'One Very Simple Principle': An Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Sep 2017
Introduction: How simple is J.S.Mill’s ‘one very simple principle’? In and of itself, the principle is entirely simple – it takes barely a line to be stated, and is easily understood. “The so...

The Debate on Euthanasia: Utilitarianism
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Cory Thomas Is it appropriate to end the life of a person in a critical condition who is experiencing extreme torment and enduring? This paper is going to look at how the ethical theory of utilitari...

Pragmatism & American Philosophy
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Bree Dela Rosa  William James presents pragmatism as a concept that can be applied when settling two claims that provide contrasting views. Science, religion, and morality each present diverse view...

A Comparison of Tom Regan and Stephen Rose
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Brianna Still People often use animals for a lot of experiments even though most people think that is it wrong. People make up countless excuses to why it’s okay to do this. But it is not okay...

Personal Reflection on a Film: Awakenings
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction:   Allison Bartha Writing Assignment #1: Awakening The film Awakening relates to the study of medical humanities we have learned about and provides numerous examples of how emerging different active...

Phaedo and the Qualities of Being Dead and Being Alive
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Dru Espinosa  In the dialogue, The Phaedo, Plato gives an account of the final moments of Socrates. Several arguments are presented and discussed. These arguments regard the immortality of the soul...

Debate on Being Unpatriotic
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Cortney Matthaey Becoming Unpatriotic A country is not just a landmass or not just the amount of people that live on it or the amount of money they earn. A country is the pinnacle of governance in h...

Do Other Possible Worlds Exist?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Omar Haq  Introduction: Samantha is working at her desk. While she is unswervingly conscious only of her immediate situation – her being seated in front of her computer, the melodious music p...

Shafer-Landau Ethical Theory Summary and Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Brody Kent  In this section, Shafer-Landau seeks to draw attention to a major flaw which he finds to exist in subjectivism through its incompatibility with an individual’s tendency to questio...

Accounting for Individuality
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Kadejia Jackson Peppers-Bates Utilitarianism and deontology contrast on many ethical principles. Utilitarianism is agent-neutral disregarding individual preferences, whereas deontology is agent-rela...

The Euthyphro Dilemma
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Siddhanth Goyal  Does morality stem from God? Or does it exist independently of his presence, not subject to arbitrary decisions? The first discussion over these questions appeared in Plato’s...

Crito's Arguments to Socrates
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Hale, Aubrieann In this paper I will be analyzing Crito in the aspects of context, main issues, Socratic reversal, athlete/physician analogy and the consequences. The first two are fairly weak. The ...

Judith Beheading Holofernes
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Kimberly Boatman  Judith Beheading Holofernes was made by a Baroque artist by the name of Artemisia Gentileschi.  Artemisia’s version of the painting was made in 1620, in Florence, the origi...

Does Life Have Meaning?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Danny Irwin  Since the beginning of time people have been asking the universal question of “What is the meaning of life?” Answers from people today may vary greatly from that of thousan...