Essays Tagged: "fundamental principles"

Rawls "Veil of Ignorance"

Rawls theory of justice revolves around the adaptation of two fundamental principles of justice which would, in turn, guarantee a just and morally acceptable soci ...

(3 pages) 160 0 4.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Newtons law of gravity

Newton's Law of Universal GravitationGravity if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Thoughthe fundamental principles of it eluded scientists until S ...

(5 pages) 212 0 4.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

Newton's Law of Universal GravitationGravity if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Though the fundamental principles of it eluded scientists until ...

(5 pages) 208 1 4.2 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Kant's caterogorical imperative. Discription of how the c.i works

The central concept of Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals is the categorical imperative. "The conception o ... and desires.Kant uses four examples to better describe the working of the categorical imperative in Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. The first example is of a man who is suffering ...

(3 pages) 177 0 2.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Analysing John Rawls' Theory of Justice and its principles, and the conflicts which may arise from its implementation.

as the solution to the conflict of interests in society, and revolves around the adaptation of two fundamental principles of justice, which would, in turn, guarantee a just and morally acceptable soc ...

(7 pages) 388 0 4.2 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

About basic genetics. Includes info. on: Gregor Mendel, Particulate Theory of Heredity, Professor Doppler, Unger, Punnet Square, and more

Modern genetics began in the 1860's when Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian monk, discovered the fundamental principles of heredity. He came up with multiple theories such as the Particulate Theory ...

(2 pages) 56 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Give an account of Descartes' arguments from dreams, being careful to show which beliefs are allegedly undermined along the way.

ight for the basic principles on which all my former beliefs rested" 1. If he can cast doubt on the fundamental principles, any subsequent beliefs, which depend on the validity of them, will therefore ... tainty that I am awake, then I may not obtain knowledge. This point may be contested, for there are fundamentally two distinct types of propositions that I may claim to have knowledge of: A priori and ...

(7 pages) 59 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

The Constitutional Law of UK in Comparison with the Constitutional law of Russia

n between the primary organs of sovereign power (for example, Parliament and the judiciary) and the fundamental principles of constitutionalism, such as the rule of law. All constitutional law presupp ... up of various conventions, stature laws and ancient documents. Constitutions are supposed to be the fundamental social compacts by which authority and order are maintained, and so a British written co ...

(20 pages) 143 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Sigmund Freud

ud/Psycho/chap5.htmWhen Freud looks at civilization (Civilization and its Discontents), he sees two fundamental principles at work. He calls them the "reality principal" and the "pleasure principal" a ...

(2 pages) 75 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

John Locke

John Locke uses the fundamental principles of the state of nature as a foundation for his conclusion about the principle ... ntering into a government, man gives up some liberties, with the intention of better preserving his fundamental rights. One of the main things he gives up is natural freedom and must abide by the laws ... st of all members within a society to form a government in order to have better protection of their fundamental rights. These rights are the main foundation for Locke's principles of politics and are ...

(5 pages) 94 0 4.3 Mar/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Economic Justice

as the solution to the conflict of interests in society, and revolves around the adaptation of two fundamental principles of justice, which would, in turn, guarantee a just and morally acceptable soc ...

(3 pages) 35 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Does Rawls succeed in showing that the Difference Principle would be chosen in the Original Position?

he Original Position is a hypothetical situation under which rational moral people would decide the fundamental principles of justice. A key feature of this situation, -and one that is important to Ra ...

(8 pages) 37 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Juvenile Delinquency

html and http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/docs/community.pdf. The first website discusses the fundamental principles, scope of the guidelines, general principles and socialization processes of j ...

(4 pages) 153 0 5.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Islamic Fundamentalism

The words Islamic Fundamentalism have become so prevalent, by the western media. To actually understand fundamentalism ... we must first define it: A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other vi ... her views and opposition to secularism. There seems to being nothing in common with a return to the fundamental principles of Islam, but the rest can be applied to Islamic Fundamentalism. In the 1,400 ...

(4 pages) 87 0 2.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

World Trade Organization: An Advocate For The Poor

ation is also a platform for the negotiation of trade ("World Trade Organization," 2006).One of the fundamental principles of trading around which the World Trade Organization discussions revolve is t ... arriers still is the mission of the World Trade Organization. It is also noteworthy that one of the fundamental principles of trading that the organization works with is that a trading system should t ...

(6 pages) 80 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Compare and contrast Nozick and Rawls approaches to the issue of Indigenous Australians land rights

f individuals and their autonomy over these rights. Starting with the idea that each person has the fundamental right to self ownership, Nozick extends this autonomous right to legitimately held prope ... estitution has been followed in the landmark land rights case of MaboDIFFICULTIES IN RESTITUTIONThe fundamental principle of Nozicks' theory of rectification says in effect that victims of injustice a ...

(17 pages) 82 0 4.3 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Characteristics of Common Law

an independent judiciary, is one of Hong Kong’s greatest strengths. This refers to some of the fundamental principles of law that govern the way in which power is exercised in Hong Kong.The rule ...

(4 pages) 61 1 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Opposing the Reinstitution of Conscription to Save Lives

ed authority is conscription. How mysterious that the government of the country that was founded on fundamental principles of equality and freedom for every individual employs conscription, even in ti ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Why is there so much intellectual piracy in China?

at the world wants are located there". The piracy epidemic in China therefore represents one of the fundamental principles of economics, namely supply and demand. There is so much intellectual piracy ...

(5 pages) 34 1 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Economy Of Islam

on of the Islamic economic system, in this monograph, draws mainly on the quran and Sunnah, the two fundamental sources of the Islamic ideology. Where necessary, the fiqah literature has also been ref ... ould not prescribe minutely all the details of the Islamic economic system but deal mainly with the fundamental principles from which may be derived the details to suit different environments through ...

(6 pages) 29 0 0.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges