997 Search Results for Political Philosophy
Directive Writing
Staff of Jewelry Department
Mall Ownership
In light of Middletown Mall's recently implemented "Casual Friday" rule, I would like to remind each of you that as members of the Jewelry Department professionalism must remain your fi Continue Reading...
Our modern world has also shown us that human actions have much more far-reaching and complex effects than have been previously thought. We have become so aware of these complexities, in fact, that in our most rational moments we human beings can a Continue Reading...
Communication
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Debates as a Communication Strategy
Debate has been used as a tool in education, politics and public discourse for many millennia because it is seen as an effective method of disseminating facts to an Continue Reading...
Myth in a Work of Art
Albert Camus was born on the 7th of November 1913 in Algeria from a French father and a Spanish mother. His father died in the First World War (seriously wounded in the battle of the Marne, he died a month later), so that Camu Continue Reading...
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There is very little question as to what action a strict deontologist would do in the scenario for this assignment -- he or she would unequivocally adhere to his Continue Reading...
Stereotypes, for instance, are a characteristic -- or bundle (or product) of System One. Stereotypes essentially consist of clumping people who 'belong 'to us in 'in groups and people who are alien to us in 'out' groups. This in turn evokes our res Continue Reading...
It is not only subjective but also offensive. On the other hand, even if there may be cases in which people may be reluctant to work, this cannot be cause for generalization to the entire population that is not paying taxes. Further, the speaker dis Continue Reading...
Descartes Discourse IV
For centuries, humans have wondered about certain basic paradigms of the universe -- how do we know what we know? Is there truth? Is there a God? How can we prove that? While we know that this basic question has been debated f Continue Reading...
Thus, it becomes necessary for society to compel this individual to act in accordance to the general will in order to stall a descent into arbitrary standards and meaningless identifications, and because acting in accordance with the general will me Continue Reading...
As mentioned in the introduction to this study, Hans-Georg Godamer is making both an epistemological claim and an ideological claim in his formulation of faith. Epistemological, because is discussing the extent and ways of knowing, but also ideolog Continue Reading...
Self-Reflection and the Philosophical Mirror
In Plato's Socratic dialogue in Apology, Socrates makes the bold declaration that "the unexamined life is not worth living" (Apology 38a). Since I am a great believer in the value of self-examination, thi Continue Reading...
To paraphrase Marx several centuries later, this can most easily be summed up as "from each according to his ability to each according to his needs," or, for Plato, "if each person does one thing for which he is naturally suited, and does it at the Continue Reading...
Endurantism on the other hand is a conception according to which things persist by being entirely present at different temporal stages. In other words it is against the view according to which one's identity can be divided into fragments. The focus Continue Reading...
fallacies and it is important to detect fallacious arguments and then form decisions. Below is an analysis of three such fallacies which have been described and examples are described to show why it is important to detect them.
FALLACIES
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The rulers correspond with the mind/soul- just as the mind directs the body in the individual, the rulers direct the body of the state (i.e. The guardians and workers.)
Part Two: Aristotle on Pride
Aristotle claims that pride is not a vice, but a Continue Reading...
Introduction
The hierarchy of politics in ancient times was clearly defined. Kings rules many kingdoms thus they were heads of the various kingdoms. Their sons inherited the thrones since the system was patriarchal. The women were to be princesses, b Continue Reading...
Marxist Theory: Dialectical & Historical Materialism, The Economic System, and Class Conflict
Abstract
Dialectical materialism and historical materialism form the foundation of Marxist philosophy. Grounded in the dialectical process of epistemolo Continue Reading...
Rem Koolhaas: A survey of his work and aesthetic philosophy
The radical Dutch architect and architectural theorist Rem Koolhaas is often called one of the world's best -- and one of the world's most controversial -- architects. Koolhaas is as much k Continue Reading...
Analyzing Arguments
Part I
The argument of Halevi (2019) in a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times is that Boycott Israel movement is misguided because it will not achieve the objective of those who, like Airbnb, are engaged in the protest of Israel Continue Reading...
Gratitude and Thanksgiving Good Habits for Character Development
Introduction
Gratitude is a moral emotion of appreciation and thankfulness. It is considered a moral emotion because it promotes a social attitude and behavior that is deemed virtuous a Continue Reading...
Many countries that recently experienced conflict and turmoil politically cannot be relied on to provide security for their citizens. One of the common problems in such states is that there are no sufficient manpower resources to offer effective serv Continue Reading...
Thomas Aquinas created his worldview through a combination of theology and philosophy. He believed that an individual must be ordered toward the right attributes on a daily basis. Attributes such as charity, peace and holiness are all apart of philos Continue Reading...
Reflective Essay On page 191 of Labor as the Basis of Property, John Locke claims that there are a couple of restrictions on our right to own anything we have worked to obtain. What are these restrictions?Even though John Locke argued that people hav Continue Reading...
Plato, Augustine and Montaigne all define friendship in different ways, though they share many similarities. Augustine, for instance, defined it in terms of the ultimate aim of man as a Christian, which is to be united to God: a friend was thus one w Continue Reading...
Amartya Sen, a noted scholar in the world of philosophical discussions and interpretations, is presenting counter arguments to John Rawls' approach to a theory of justice. In the process, Sen is also trying to cement his own approach to a theory of Continue Reading...
White and Its Impact on One's Position And Status In Society
Being white in the modern world affects one's position and status in society because society is very much the outcome of white Anglo-Saxon protestant (WASP) foundations, ideology, and pra Continue Reading...
The question of who rules whom in the aster-slave relationships is fairly straightforward. In the case of a natural master and a natural slave (neither of which Aristotle sufficiently explains, presumably assuming that birth or subsequent circumsta Continue Reading...
Critical Analysis of the Drowning Child AnalogyAs the Checklist (n.d.) makes clear, analysis of analogy should cover at least three aspects: significance and relevance of similarity, validity of comparison, and consistency of precedent. Barnet and Be Continue Reading...
The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the National Debt
The presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has had more than its fair share of scandals -- from Clinton's email server, the "rigged elections" as reported by undercover agents Continue Reading...
Standard Outline of Presentation
The purpose of this presentation is to inform the audience about why voters are angry in today's political climate so that they might better understand their choices at the polls this November. The central idea of th Continue Reading...
Assata Shakur's Autobiography
Assata Shakur is a member of the Black Panthers and an activist. She is also an escaped convict and has been linked to the Black Liberation Army (BLA). She was accused of various crimes between 1971 and 1973, and became Continue Reading...
Are You an Honest Person?1. How many lies do you get to tell before you are a liar? ExplainTelling one lie would make one a liar by definition. A person can make a mistake a lie once and regret it. A person can also make lying into a habit. The latte Continue Reading...
Rustin, Bayard (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987), was a Quaker, a Civil Rights activist, a Martin Luther Junior associate, and a proponent for lesbian and gay rights. Bayard was born near Philadelphia in the West Chester area. He was raised by Continue Reading...
Romanticism
"Romance," "Romanticism" and "Romantic" are three related words frequently utilized rather loosely by literature readers and hence requiring some clear definition. The most important fact is these words are always written with the first Continue Reading...
Introduction
In the world today, information societies, all referred to as digital or postindustrial societies, are among the latest developments and are mainly founded on the generation of services and information. Information societies are powered Continue Reading...
1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Rousseau stated in his Social Contract that “Man is born free—and everywhere he is in chains.”[footnoteRef:2] The insistence on man’s nature right of freedom from the Enlightenment Er Continue Reading...
The concept of universal human rights may have been seeded by the Magna Carta, but did not reach fruition until the United States Constitution had been drafted in the late eighteenth century. Built on the Enlightenment values of individualism and ina Continue Reading...