Philosophy Essays

Pleasure and Pain: Aristotle’s Theory of Moral Development
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Pleasure and Pain: Necessary but not Sufficient for Aristotle’s Theory of Moral Development  Pleasure and pain are prominent features of the Nicomachean Ethics and scholars genera...

Ethical Theories on Capital Punishment
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Capital punishment is a moral issue that is often scrutinized due to the taking of someone’s life. This is in large part because of the views many have toward the rule of law or an acceptance t...

Humankind's Relationship with Nature
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Eating, For Humans or, Finding A Better Way to Think About Humankind’s Relation to Nature When the ship first sank, there were four who made it onto the lifeboat. The boy, the...

Relationship between the Self and Reality, Art and Truth
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Introduction: The Self Who are we? This question has been debated for centuries by scholars and novices alike, but no official resolution has been confirmed due to the subjectivity of the matter. Valu...

Is Perception Direct, Indirect, or Neither?
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Introduction: In the epistemology of perception there are three main positions an individual can take, these are indirect realism, direct realism and idealism. For this essay my interest is in the question of ...

Factors of Free Will and Determinism
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Introduction:   If you were provided with an option to choose between an apple and a chocolate bar, which would you choose if any? The act of choosing or not choosing in this situation ties to and su...

Frankfurt’s Counter Examples of the Principle of Alternate Possibilities
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Introduction: Are Frankfurt’s counter examples of the principle of alternate possibilities enough to show that compatibilism is tenable? Before attacking Frankfurt’s criticisms to the principle of...

Factors Affecting Quality and Acceptance of Knowledge
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Introduction: “The quality of knowledge is best measured by how many people accept it.” Discuss this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. Knowledge is defined as a true justified notion...

Key Claims Made by Thrasymachus in Book I
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Introduction: What are the key claims made by Thrasymachus in Book I? Is he consistent? Thrasymachus makes several claims regarding the definition of justice in Book I, namely that: “Justice is noth...

Hobbes and Machiavelli's Theories of Human Nature
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Introduction: Both Hobbes and Machiavelli are often said to have negative theories of human nature. Is this correct for both? Neither? One but not the other? Construct an argument that considers how their view...

Medical Equipment Sales Ethics
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Ethical Leadership Many believe ethics and morals are interchangeable; indeed, there is a blurred line between the two. However, morality is a personal belief that individuals create and...

Hobhouse's Theories on the Relationship between the Individual and Society
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Introduction: Hobhouse’s ‘The heart of liberalism’ from ‘Liberalism’, explores the relationship of the individual and society and how the two affect each other. Hobhouse does through his ideas of the...

Can I Recognise the Authority of the State While Remaining Autonomous?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Reconciling the issue of individual autonomy and state authority is perhaps the fundamental task of political philosophy. The concept of moral autonomy was first explored by Immanuel Kant in the ...

Biography of John Dewey and Impact of Theories
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Introduction: The Intellectual of the 20th Century The Industrial Revolution John Dewey was an American educator, social reformer, and philosopher that lived from the years 1859 to 1953 (Goui...

Aesthetic and Ethical Demands of German Memory
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Introduction: ‘Acts of memory in contemporary German fiction and visual art must seek to balance ethical and aesthetic demands.’ Discuss with reference to Die Ausgewanderten and ...

Evil Amongst Social Contract Theory
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Introduction:  Throughout and currently within our world history, many have suffered through traumatic events, such as experiencing the horrors of war or battling a mental or physical illness, these event...

What Should the Aims of the Governent Be? Ethical Arguments
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Introduction: “Should the aim of government be to maximize the ‘greatest happiness of the greatest number?” Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher in the 17th century, first introduced the phras...

Philosophical Theories for Making Good Decisions
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Introduction: The Good Life  December 2018. The weather outside is frightful. It’s snowing and sleeting as you slowly creep along the abandoned streets in your luxury vehicle. Off in your perip...

John Locke: The Better Account of the Origins of Ideas
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Introduction: John Locke has a better account of the origins of ideas that we as human beings experience on a daily basis. Locke altercation theory believes that the mixture of our ideas comes certainly from o...

Evaluation of the Perceptual Model of Emotion
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Introduction: People often describe recalcitrant emotions as ‘irrational’. Is Bennett Helm right to think that this undermines the perceptual model of emotion?   The conclusion is th...

What Are the Limits of Freedom of Speech?
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Introduction: What are the limits of freedom of speech? It is a pressing question at a moment when conspiracy theories help to fuel fascist politics around the world.[1] Shouldn’t liberal democracy promote a...

Which Ethical Theory is Most Commonly Used in Modern Business?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:  This Essay has been written with the task of answering the following question “Which ethical theory do you think is most commonly used in modern business”? It will offer a balanced...

Evaluation of Ethical Theories for Lying
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Introduction: Why Lie? We are presented with a scenario, Kelly whose father is dying, has built up a business that has proven to be successful. He wishes to pass down the business into the hands of hi...

Analysis of Plotinus’ Notion of Being
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Introduction: To what extent, if any, can Plotinus’s notion of being be understood as a trinity?     INTRODUCTION I intend to explore the individual components o...

Application of Ethical Theories to Leadership
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Ethical Leadership Introduction     We live in a world where there is a great expectation on organisations to model ethical leadership. Businesses ha...