Essays Tagged: "foundations"

Macbeth

supernatural forces not only got Macbeth thinking about how he could become king but also laid the foundations for his feelings of insecurity that would lead to his subsequent murder of Banquo.The ma ...

(1 pages) 22 0 4.5 Jan/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

The Death and Dying Practices of the Australian Aborigines

ese beliefs in a different way. The purpose of looking at the commonalties is to examine the shared foundations of all religions by investigating the aspect of death and dying in a very localized and ...

(14 pages) 241 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

A System of Beliefs

Before I can go on to lay out the foundations of my belief system, I think it would be helpful to shed some light on the playing field ... true beyond any and all doubt. He posited that the resulting few statements would then serve as the foundations for an all-encompasing epistemology. This approach led him to acknowledge that the only ...

(12 pages) 313 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Descarte's Meditation one

Descartes' Meditation OneBeing a foundationalist, Descartes needs to destroy the foundations of his beliefsso that in his Meditations he will be able to build upon new foundations o ...

(2 pages) 167 0 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Experimenting with the Globe

re that recur in the plays. The discovery of a fragment, a little over 10%, of the original Globe's foundations in 1989 gave the first positive evidence that could be used to test the accuracy of the ...

(27 pages) 140 2 5.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

the Greeks and the Egyptians.Karma, the belief that our actions determine our future, is one of the foundations of reincarnation. For example, a person who lived a sinful life will return, after death ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

the Greeks and the Egyptians.Karma, the belief that our actions determine our future, is one of the foundations of reincarnation. For example, a person who lived a sinful life will return, after death ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

If you are are against abortion then you should be a vegetarian. Existentialism

question. Also key to the support of my theory is the concept of existentialism. I will go into the foundations of this ethical theory throughout the remainder of this paper. Subquestion one, "E --> ...

(7 pages) 109 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Medical ethics. Refers to A.J Ayres criteria

they allow the agent to make a desision.that is informed and ethical. The medical ethicists has the foundations established by Emanuel Kant, A.J. Ayres, and Socrates to allow him to delineate the many ...

(11 pages) 300 1 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Theoretical Frameworks

The importance of theoretical frameworks is essential for understanding foundations for political science. The definition of the word framework is a theory which can be use ...

(4 pages) 145 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The Suez Crisis

323Student: Neil Patrick Tubb (#226591)Date: November 30, 1995.IntroductionAmong the most important foundations in the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict was the seeds that were sown in the aftermath of ...

(13 pages) 130 0 4.8 Apr/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Media Trends applied to Mad Magazine

explain MAD's success.The first factor that has made Mad's survival over the years possible is it's foundations. Its creation was during the sixties, when counter culture was at its peak, a time when ...

(1 pages) 42 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Essay looking at the abortion issue from a strictly legal standpoint, with opinion based thesis pro-abortion. From 1973 to 1995, landmark cases, political climates and bibliography included.

tter of both state and federal law. But the struggle did not begin there, for as with all laws, the foundations had to be set in order for such an important piece of legislation to be enacted.In 1800 ...

(7 pages) 140 0 4.2 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Contemplating Descartes' Meditation I- Can We Trust Our Senses?

truth. He states in his introduction that everything he knows is wrong and he decides to attack the foundations of all his beliefs. To do this, he overthrows all his beliefs and sets forth with a blan ...

(3 pages) 72 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

septemter 11

toleration for terrorism. As President Bush stated in his speech, "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America."The war again ...

(4 pages) 74 1 3.9 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Charity in the US" A paper discussing current trends of philanthropy in America and also the risks and scams involved in giving

disbursed by individuals but especially by fund-raising activities of non-profit organizations and foundations. However, in an economy based on freedom, Americans make their own decisions about wheth ... owth.The foundation center publishes a yearly list of the largest private, corporate, and community foundations by total giving including grants, scholarships, employee matching gifts, and other contr ...

(9 pages) 134 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

"Violence in sport is taught and rewarded"

t the two levels of play are very closely connected. Little league and amateur sports are often the foundations for any professional athlete. In such settings the participants learn key elements of th ...

(8 pages) 126 0 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Lindebergh Case and how the case relates to current US laws, and what society was like in the 1930's.

w the laws of the land have changed over time. The Hauptmann Case is a historical case that set the foundations for today's kidnapping laws. This case also led to the first federal law that stated tra ...

(14 pages) 59 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

The Truman Doctrine and how it led to a major change in US foreign Policy.

more than a frank recognition that totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples . . .undermine the foundations of . . . peace and security of the United States.The Truman Doctrine would change the fo ...

(9 pages) 255 2 4.2 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Economic History

On Explaining Existence: Subsumption, Privilege, and Reality. This paper provides analysis of Robert Nozicks ontological criterion for explaining existence.

.S.P.MetaphysicsEssay: 1On Explaining Existence: Subsumption, Privilege, and RealityThe fundamental foundations of philosophy overtly derive themselves from its asking. Why is there something rather t ... e and not another produce observed movements away from the natural state.Assumption aside: the true foundations of verisimilitude within an inegaltiarian theory are reducible to binary equality consid ...

(8 pages) 73 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy