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ROUSSEAU'S theory is better than Locke and Hobbes
... a way to glimpse primitive man, but also a map of how society was urged to where it is now, and a framework with which to ... fear of being attacked first. This uncertainty of other people's motives leads to a chaotic environment in which trust does not exist. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Well-Governed Societies of Plato and St. Thomas Aquinas
... way to well-govern a society is God. To Aquinas, God equated justice. To him, God is one, unchangeable, and eternal - this bears a striking similarity to ... , as Plato feels that love motivates us to rise to knowledge. These relationships must be strictly ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Utilitarianism: founding fathers, strengths and weaknesses of act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism, other forms of utilitarianism, and recent philosophers
... to selfish. People have adapted utilitarianism in several ways according to their specific beliefs. Motive-utilitarianism is one adaption that proposes that our initial moral task is to instill motives ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Race and Your Community
... in the habit of doing things incorrectly and channel this to motivate thyself to improve and break the habit of widening the ... his fellow men. Despite this difficulty, there is always a way to alleviate things by anticipation of prejudice (Myers, 2005). He ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Simple essay on a quote from "Sidhartha" by Herman Hesse
... According to this quote, things repeat themselves in time. In a pool objects float around until they finally make their way to ... summary, I believe that the quote is a motivating factor for Siddhartha to overcome the incomplete misfortunes of his past. When ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The subject of this essay is the empirical studies and their role when undertaking a legal research and to what extent they have priviliges in the legal research.
... ways in which theory can be linked to empirical evidence. Gerry Rose suggests that the two basic ways are through "theory testing", when empirical evidence is used to ... individuals' own accounts of their attitudes, motivations and behaviour. The value of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Does God determine Morality?
... is just the way it is, and no rational argument will ever change that in their minds. This is a comforting way to think for some ... is your desire to go to heaven or your fear of going to hell and if all your other similar actions are motivated only by self ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
The contributions of Plato to the western civilization and philosophy.
... , or ambition. They motivate a person to aim at higher things than the gratification of basic desires. The ambition to excel as a ... the same way, the two lower classes of a city (or country) have to remain balanced, but the Philosophers have to guide them. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
Personal Philosophy of Knowledge
... way to acquire knowledge. Positive and effective brainstorming results depend on a good facilitator. Even though brainstorming is an effective way to create new ideas or solutions to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
A Critique of "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor"
... to be saved is far better than leaving all to drown. One may argue ignoring such a possibility serves as a way to ... conditions that can be identified that motivate parents to have fewer children. Thus, Hardin neglects to realize that population growth can ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy