Philosophy Essays

Defining And Evaluating Existentialism
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Introduction: Existentialism is a Humanism, to be human is defined by an existence (physical existence) that precedes its essence (true nature). As such, if existence is problematic, and it is towards the developme...

The Ethical Issues Of Abortion
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Introduction: Mention the term ethics to a given group of people and it will be amazing the spurred debate on the same. It is a subject spurring debate not only among the scholars but also among the non-scholars wi...

Relationship Between Freedom And Authority
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Introduction: In this essay I will discuss the relationship between freedom and authority in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s essay The Social Contract, and John Stuart Mill’s essay On Liberty. I will argue thro...

The Practical Use of Research
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Introduction: The term Research is an often misused term. Its usage in everyday language is very different from the strict scientific meaning. The Oxford Dictionary of Current English defines it as “the stu...

Conflict: Newton Vs Leibniz
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Introduction: Mathematicians everywhere contributed to the development of Calculus. However, the two most known founders of calculus are Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Nowadays, the credit is handed ov...

Aristotle: The Three Kinds Of Friendship
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Introduction: In book VIII of Aristotle’s The Nicomachean Ethics (1999; 1156a6 – 1156a30), the notion of ‘The Three Kinds of Friendship’ (Philia) is expressed. Holding that there are three b...

John Dalton And Atomic Theory
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Introduction: John Dalton was the originator of atomic theory, which theory provided scientists with new ways of seeing the physical world. Atomic weights and fixed ratios of atoms inside compounds provided researc...

The Concept Of Time In Architecture
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Introduction: Time is a very important factor for the design process of a park. Time ειναι μια εννοια αφηρημενη, every person apprehends time di...

Euthyphro And Failure Of Definition
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Introduction: In the Euthyphro, Socrates and Euthyphro contemplate over what is piety. What makes something pious and what makes something impious, that’s the question throughout the text, but it all comes do...

Life And Work Of Abu Ali Ibn Sina
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Introduction: Ibn Sina, Abu Ali (Latin Avicenna) (980-1037), a scholar of encyclopedic, physician and philosopher. He was born near Bukhara in Afshane 16 August 980. The father of Ibn Sina, Bukhara officer, a nativ...

Rational Choice Theory: Death Penalty
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Introduction: The death penalty has been debated over and over with no clear solution to whether it should be continued or be abolished. One thing is clear and to provide an argument for the death penalty can be m...

Analysing The Concept Of Karma
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Introduction: The Hindu and Buddhist religions both believe in karma. In the Hindu religion karma influences how you are born in your next life. You can be born in lower life forms such as an animal, plant, or inse...

Analysis Of Traditional Utilitarianism
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Introduction: Traditionally, utilitarianism principle holds that any action is ethically right if and only if the total outcomes of the same act are more than the outcomes produced by any other action an agent coul...

21st Century Situational Ethics
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Introduction: Although the term “Situational Ethics” only seems to appear in Joseph Fletcher’s book named Situation Ethics: The New Morality in 1966, partial and similar ideas of situational ethic...

Innocent Until Proven Guilty: An Evaluation
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Introduction: This claim is very similar to that of Blackstones ratio, which simply states that “it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer When taken at face value, it simply ...

A Personal Reflection Of Developmental Life
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Introduction: Numerous developmental theories exist today that attempt to explain cognitive and physical changes in the body as we grow older. Some are vague and finite, while others go into extreme detail. Some ...

The Power Of Positive Thinking
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Introduction: Discovering happiness is like discovering yourself. You do not find happiness, you create it. Happiness is a conscious choice. Self actualization is the method used to discover who you are, who you wa...

The Single World Order | An analysis
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Introduction: Albert Schweitzer once said that “The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.” How do we develop this sense of solidarity? All begins from y...

Euthyphro's Definition Of Piety
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Introduction: In Platos Euthyphro, the character Euthyphro attempts to define the pious as what all the gods love. In this essay, I will examine the basis on which Socrates rejects this definition. In order to do s...

Careless Human Environmental Destruction
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Introduction: For many reasons the human race could be called a blessing. Great advanced in technology, medicine and even the fact we are the most sophisticated species on the planet. Are we a gift to planet Earth,...

The Life And Work Of Confucius
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Introduction: Confucius (551 – 479 BCE), was a thinker, political figure, educator and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. Confucius was born at Shang-ping, in the country of Lu. His given name was...

Peer Pressure Leads To Guilt And Destruction
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Introduction: Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, is a tragedy that showed the consequences of Macbeth’s guilt from the peer pressure of Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth questioned Macbeth’s manliness several ti...

'To Be Is To Be Perceived'
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Introduction: To be is to be perceived, esse est percipi. This empirical statement was made by the 17th century Irish philosopher Bishop Berkley. He was a foundationalist that aimed to restore the role of religion ...

The Relevance Of Legal Positivism
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Introduction: I have chosen to critically examine The Contemporary Relevance of Legal Positivism by Professor Brian Z Tamanaha who has written on the topic of legal positivism, and this is a legal theory that great...

The Ethics Of Photojournalism
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Introduction: Is a photograph worth more than words? Do the visuals of a photograph have more impact than language? Can one photograph put over the same point across to all its onlookers? Does one single person ha...