Philosophy Essays

The Problem Of Determinism And Free Will
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Apr 2017
Introduction: I will be concerned with the problem of determinism and free will. In particular, I will be addressing Ayer’s argument that we cannot be held morally responsible for our actions. Ayer’s ar...

Kierkegaards View On Faith And Knowledge
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Introduction: Kierkegaard, the father of existentialism, is often seen as a philosophical iconoclast, who rejects excessive formalism and instead believes in the subjectivity of the autonomous individual; autonomy ...

Personal Experience Of Social Cognitive Theory
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Introduction: The social cognitive theory refers to a psychological model of behavior that emerged primarily from the work of Albert Bandura. In today’s psychological science, people are viewed as biological...

Pro-utilitarianism and ethical decision-making
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Introduction: In its simplest form, utilitarianism presents the means of decision making as a process of elimination. When contemplating which choices are ultimately right or wrong, utilitarianism suggests that the...

Challenges Faced By Socrates
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Introduction: Socrates developed this philosophy when he himself was facing some challenges as he was facing trial for corrupting young people and undermining the state religion. Socrates once said that the unexami...

The Ethics Of Poverty
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Introduction: I will begin this delicate topic with some information about poverty and then I will explain the differences between those who believe it is not our duty to provide support to the impoverished and tho...

Affected Business Ethics For Nike
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Introduction: Globalisation is the process of transformation of regional phenomena into global...thorough communications (8). Due to globalisation......

The Movie: The Devils Advocate
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Introduction: I had a chance to watch the movie The Devils Advocate that was directed by Taylor Hackford and released in 1997. This movie is one of the best films that have some deep theology over the doctrine of G...

Dualism And Dualistic Interactionism
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Introduction: Dualism was believed to approach by Pythagoras nearly 6th Century B.C.E. Pythagoras believe on transmigration of soul-means that when a person died, the soul is immortal and bound to divide soul. Howe...

The Role Of Pleasure In The Happy Life
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Introduction: Choose two philosophers covered so far and use their work to discuss the role of “pleasure” in the happy life.  I choose to pick Epicurus as one of the philosophers to be discussed becaus...

Universal Characters Of Human Rights
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Introduction: One of the most essential characteristics of human rights is universality. The concept of universality has been analyzed, discussed, and used in several contexts and different ways by various scholars...

The Rationalism Of Rene Descartes
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Introduction: In the early part of the Meditations, it has been quite clear that Descartes was very much leaning towards solipsism, a philosophy that asserts only the self exists. This is what makes his rationalism...

Animals For Testing And Research Studies
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Introduction: This report is based on the Literature Review about ethical dilemma that arises over the controversy of using Animals for Testing and Research Studies. We have tried to explain in brief about Animal T...

Premarital Sex And Promiscuity
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Introduction: This essay will be discussing the topic of promiscuity and premarital sex from both Elliston’s and Punzo’s theories. According to Punzo on Premarital sex, it is for two people to have enga...

Doubt Is The Father Of Invention
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Introduction: Galileo Galilei once said, “Doubt is the father of invention”. Thus we can say that, doubt is one of the factors which can influence the expansion of knowledge. For me I believe doubt some...

Ethical Behaviour Within The Work Place Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Yes I believe that the use of ethical behavior will pay off in the long run. I believe that the ethical behavior at work place is highly influenced by the leaders at workplace. We human beings are soc...

Rousseau's Argument on General Will
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Introduction: Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe. He was born on June 28, 1712 in Geneva, Switzerland. Rousseau won recognition as a ...

Macbeth: The Vaulting Ambition
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Introduction: Shakespeares Macbeth is considered to be one of the best plays ever written. It is set in Scotland in the medieval times, around the 11th century. The play focuses on the psychological effects perform...

Ethical judgments limit knowledge in the arts and natural sciences
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Introduction: Ethical judgments limit the methods available in the production of knowledge in both the arts and the natural sciences. The significance of ethics and interpretations people obtain about ethics can v...

An Introduction To Logic Gates - Essay
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Introduction: Logic circuit is one that behaves like a switch, i.e. a two-positive devise with ON or OFF states. This is termed as binary device, in which the ON state is represented by 1 and the OFF state by 0. We...

The Way We See And Understand Things - Essay
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Introduction: This is a famous quote and it is really significant in our world and in our lives in the recent time. First of all we need to look at the two most important two words ‘see’ and ‘unde...

The Rational Decision Making - Essay
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Introduction: Rational decision making, along with the thinking process that it involves, is a subject that has been vastly researched, both theoretically and empirically, and many different opinions have been, the...

The Kantian Theory Of Ethics And Morality - Essay
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Introduction: Kant’s theory of morality seems to function as the most feasible in determining ones duty in a moral situation. The basis for his theory is perhaps the most noble of any– acting morally be...

Government Ever Limit Freedom Of Speech - Essay
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Introduction: Governments have an obligation to regulate the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is a right that is limitless to the people unless Governments introduce legislations that are passed to limit freedo...

Voluntary Involuntary And Non Voluntary Euthanasia - Essay
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Introduction: In 1995, the Australian Northern Territory was the first place in the world to legalise voluntary euthanasia under the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995. The first person to voluntarily end their ...