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Hobbes' views on humanity. Is this conception of humanity accurate, that is, is man a self-preserving and anti-social machine? Are humans ultimately selfish and perpetually in a state of conflict?
... beliefs. There is nothing that one side can say that the other won't contradict, sometimes with a stronger point. What Hobbes also says that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Jean-Jaques Rousseau's "Social Contract"
... all born as innocents. This is contrary to Christian religious beliefs that we are born with original sin. We are born with ... it for anything more than that; to set beliefs in people who wouldn't go against their beliefs. With Rousseau's government in ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Dualism - The Doctrines of Plato and Descartes - Critique
... belief that their are two types of things which compose a human being - body and mind. This is opposed to Monism, a belief ... the ethical consequences of having such a belief. It seems as though that having the belief of the immortal soul was the controlling ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Dead poets society and transce
... a Hippie in History" Delbert L. Earlsman explores Thoreau's belief that intuition should weigh more than rational thought. Earlsman quotes ... of poets such as Thoreau and Emerson: the strong belief that the world should not conform to society, rational ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Descartes Mind/body problem; interactionism; materialism; delerminsm; libertarianism
... belief that events occur as results of previous events, and that no human being can be held responsible for their actions. Soft determinists also believe that ... no human behavior is free. Libertarianism is the belief that human beings do have free will and ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
On the Genealogy of Morals: a work of history or of the imagination? On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche.
... the meaning of ascetic ideals?" (97). To answer that question, he first presents the belief that people, above all else, seek to maximize their ... . "The belief that the strong man is free to be weak" (45) is false. If this is so, it means that no one ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Transcendentalism, the Philosophy of the Mind
... a combination of beliefs, some of which are from other religions and other people and their philosophies. It is a belief that there is ... came to the conclusion that good and evil were things only man could control. Their belief of man is that man is part of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
If you are are against abortion then you should be a vegetarian. Existentialism
... that religion in general is filled with corruption and too often leads to a misguided life. It is my belief that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Mill and Locke's conception of Freedom
... . In The Second Treatise of Government , John Locke states his belief that all men exist in 'a state of perfect freedom to ... clear and adamant in his declaration that man is naturally inclined toward good. Locke belief in the value of man and his ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
God and The Good Itself
... belief that appealing to the Divine is the only way one should govern their lives (1082). Nietzsche believes that all philosophers believe that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy