Essays on Philosophy

In data collecting, the reader reads all the relevant materials and collects all the data which seems to be relevant to the study. After collecting the data, not all of it can be completely relevant to the study, the reader needs to carefully decide which data is relevant to the intended audience. The relevant data should be selected and the rest is discarded. The reader should find a pattern in the writers’ materials. Though the data is collected from different writers, they have some common ideas, this pattern should be obtained. Once the reader obtains the pattern, they can ...

One of the most intriguing and important questions that can be asked by an individual is on whether or not God exists and if there is any way to prove God’s existence. Depending on one’s belief, the responses may be varied on proving the existence of God as being easy or impossible. For the religious believers, such as Christians and Catholics and those of other religious denominations the answer would simply be yes God exists and we humans are the proof of God’s existence. However, from a philosophical or scientific standpoint the answer to God’s ...

Yuan Zhen wrote the Yingying story during the time of the Tang Dynasty. This story is considered to be one of the first work of literature in China. The story revolves around a love story between a 16-year-old girl named Yingying and a 21-year-old man named as Chang, who was a student. In analyzing the story, one can get a glimpse of the Tang Dynasty and its culture. Another issue that can be observed is Buddhism in, which many people during that era were practicing it. However, in Tang Dynasty, the main religion was Taoism, but they had started ...

Business goals are primarily geared towards attaining financial gains. Other factors weigh heavily in ensuring the success of a business undertaking such as the organizational capability, management competency and market improvement strategies. Beyond these success factors, however, one aspect of running a business that is crucial in determining the performance of the business in the long term is business ethics or the application of moral theories in making business decisions. Business ethics refer to the adoption of proper business policies and practices concerning potentially controversial issues, such as corporate governance, insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility and fiduciary ...

Diane Sawyer’s presentation, dubbed Waiting on the World to Change revolves around the documentation of life in Camden City, a territory that earned the title of the United States’ poorest and most dangerous in 2004 and 2005. Concurrently, the interviewed subjects include Ivan and Billy Joe, both of whom are residents of Camden without proper and sustainable access to the necessities one needs for a quality and healthy life. First, the families of both boys lack adequate shelter as the houses in which they live are either someone else’s property or are of poor condition. For instance, ...

What is Philosophy? The value of philosophy? Philosophy is an activity undertaken to seek fundamental truths about knowledge, the reality about ourselves, the world which we reside in and in relationships that exist between people and the world. Philosophy provides value to the mind, guides our thoughts into viewing the world in its practicality to free us from all prejudicial practical thinking that binds one to a simple thought, beliefs. The value of philosophy aims at knowledge and finding truths in subject areas that have no definite answers. Logic is induced in philosophical thinking as it can be utilized ...

In the olden times, the humanities were used to refer to that which concerned people after drawing from what was of concern to God. Arts, philosophy, and mathematics, stand as the dynamics that deal with humans while divinity, religion and theology deal with God. Despite the disparity, most individuals believe that humanities come from God. Humanities hence define a vast area of analysis and human activity mainly involved with values and not entirely inclined to methods of science or objectivity. It means that personal feelings and opinions that represent facts do not have any influence. In addition, humanities do ...

Commentary on Plato`s Divided Line. Line is a world in general, which, according to Plato, is divided into perceptible and knowable; something that can be taken but cannot be known, and vice versa. Plato believes that the visible world is in "permanent change" and even in chaos (Cormack 90). Although the occurring phenomenon represent the embodiments of the ideal forms, the forms can be understood only by means of logical reasoning. For example, the idea of ​​a triangle as an abstract object, which "sum of the angles is equal to one hundred and eighty degrees", can be implemented ...

Intelligent designs

Intelligence design is a scientific research program that constitutes professionals ranging from scientists, philosophers and the community of believers that are trying to seek the evidence-based design work. This design says that matters of existence and world origins are best explained by an intellectual undertaking and not a story that has no direction like the Darwinian Theory of natural selection (DeWolf et al., 2007).When one studies the components of a given measure, one can outline the issues of law, chances in life and conditions found in intelligence design. It is only through intelligence that scientists can ...

The vision of the Joint Air-to- Surface Standoff Missile program is to create a collaborative working environment through the appreciation of the human resource and the strengths of the workforce. It is keeping an entrepreneurial culture and environment which steams on new plans and dealings which eliminating the bureaucracies in carrying a project. It is based on giving people a sense of confidence through continually given opportunities of working with the program and owning the project wholly which ensures collaboration between the various department and professions. It is to foster the alliance throughout the period of the project and ...

Through the ages punishment as a sociocultural phenomenon has changed its aim and methods; however, the main meaning to community hardly transformed. In some cases, this stage is the only one key chance to get free, prove the innocence by acting on someone’s behalf. However, in the modern world people, as their ancestors, sometimes refuse to renounce their commitments.

History of the human world offers a great number of cases, when people were protecting themselves in front of judges, juries and victims, but still unwilling to forsake their beliefs. Nicolaus Copernicus, Timothy Cole and, especially Socrates, are the ...

Leibniz and Malebranche were very famous philosophers who lived and worked in 17th -18th centuries. Both of them were prominent thinkers whose minds influenced a lot of people after them. Their teachings remain relevant today, and to understand and evaluate certain historical events, modern philosophers often go back to where philosophy started. Of course, the birth of it goes back to ancient Greece and Rome, but Leibniz and Malebranche were those who developed the ideas of the distant past. They both concentrated on how the role of the divine was important in the flow of life. Such teachings were ...

The literature often uses such techniques as allegory and metaphor. Allegory, according to Miriam and Webster dictionary, is “a story in which the characters and events are the symbols that are used to describe the ideas of human life as it is or its individual constituents”. One of the most striking examples of allegory in literature is Plato's work "Allegory of the Cave" in which people are shown to the reader's eyes as chained cave dwellers who are not seeing the daylight and are watching the movement of shadows that are projected on the walls by means of fire. ...

Attempts to Craft the Definition The first dimension of this contemporary emergence implies that communities and societies should be protected to avoid environmental disasters, harmful goods and unsatisfactory level of services, or discriminatory practices, for instance. The second perspective is often embraced by the term of enhancing the well-being of communities and societies (in other words, enterprises are expected, but not obliged, of course, to engage in charity initiatives and activities). Both these dimensions rest on the premises that legal rules and statutes do not lay down all the necessary and most desired requirements to the activities of businesses ( ...

Considering the Beatles' creativity regarding the songwriting, is becomes clear the whole success of the band was achieved by the sweet childhood moods and memories brought from the past by every member of the quarter. Indeed, Paul played the trumpet since early childhood, and later it outgrew into obsession with skiffle and rock-n-roll when he asked his father to buy him a guitar that would never leave him afterwards. Likewise, John practically did not pay any attention to studies, which did not prevent him from becoming friends with Paul who had the talent to reconcile daily conflicts. Childhood memories, ...

Samsung Electronics is a Korean company established in 1969. Since then it has significantly grown to become one of the leading firms in global information technology. Currently, the company owns and manages over 200 subsidiaries across the world. The company deals with a range of products, including home appliances, washing machines, and mobile telecommunication products such as tablets, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, and smart-phones. Moreover, Samsung has continued to become one of the trusted providers of essential electronic components such as DRAM, as well as non-memory semiconductors.

Product Samsung’s vision is to become leaders in innovations and ...

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Thesis The good indicates one’s understanding of being, in which one halts from evil and incorporates the choices and beliefs that are considered good. It is a predetermined phenomenon in which one individuals try to incorporate good rather than evil in a rationalized manner. It eventually indicates that individuals indulge in the wrong only under the self-denial and unconsciousness towards the extent of good (Partenie and Tom 8). The extent to which one believes in good also accounts for the extent of self-determination which eventually empowers the individual towards new perspectives and laws (Partenie and Tom ...

The objective of this paper is to critically analyze John Thomson and Adolphe Smith’s photograph entitled Old Furniture, taken in 1877. The photograph can be found in the following link . The author of this paper shall critically analyze the said piece using the key points from Susan Sontag’s book entitled On Photography. Specifically, key areas of focus of the analysis would be on the concepts of Plato’s Cave, social milieu, and Melancholy Objects.

The image above can be directly related to the concept of Plato’s Cave, which, according to Sontag, is a concept that explains ...

Martin Luther King was an activist, orator, humanitarian, protestor, organizer, leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, as well as the Nobel laureate. He is also widely regarded as one of the most powerful nonviolent leaders in the world’s history. His “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” are the most honored orations and writings in the English language. In the following essay it will be examined the fundamental work titled Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Martin Luther King while he has been imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama. First, it is necessary to explain that ...

The law protects children from exposure to violent materials. It is guided by psychological research that has indicated a relationship between aggression behavior and playing of violent video games (Palo Alto Medical Foundation). Opponents of this view, however, see no scientific connection between existing world problems and violent videos games consumption (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). The question of whether a violent video game increases aggressive thoughts and angry behaviors is, therefore, an issue of discussion. The purpose of this essay is to come up with ideas that can aid in understanding the debate, and then asking ...

A social gadfly - that was the unofficial name of Socrates in Athenian circles. Socrates, indeed, was a gadfly to his peers: he stung with his revealing and unbiased speeches. Even as a young boy the philosopher became considered as the wisest of men. Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi, herself proclaimed Socrates the profoundest philosopher that had ever lived, only to hear his famous words "I know that I know nothing" though (Miles, 2003, p. 165) (Scott, 2002, Does Socrates Have a Method, p. 122). Not believing the oracle, Socrates began to ask other Athenian sages about their lore. ...

The Health Promotion Model of Nola Pender is a theory that proposes that health promotion activities of healthy lifestyle and health choices help with the prevention of illness and disease. This model assists nurses in understanding of the detrimental impact associated with irresponsible health choices. The article covered the topic of physical activity as it applies to Pender’s Health Promotion Model developing the parallel between sedentary lifestyle and irresponsible physical activities behaviors correlating the negative health outcomes Pender’s theory discussed (Robbins et al., 2001). The study “Health-Promoting Behaviors in Men age 45 and above” researched and explains ...

The search for a sense of self is one of the most important quests in the history of Western philosophy. Notably, it has been the main preoccupation of philosophers in the past few centuries. Before, people accepted people to have a certain nature, due to them being creatures made by and for God. They were all more or less alike, acknowledging a particular human nature given by this deity. Nevertheless, with the decline of the power of the Catholic Church and its consequences, along with the end of philosophy that G. W. F. Hegel heralded, the systems of thought ...

Abstract Most studies of inter-subjectivity are about the translators' subjectivity, which pay less attention to the subjectivity of writers and readers. Some papers center on binary dialogue among translation subjects, and place one subject in the center. Based on Davidson's triangulation model, the paper provides a clearer ternary dialogue for intersubjectivity. Davidson adopts "triangulation" to express the person-person-world interaction in the language communication. Translation, as the cross-cultural communication involving many subjects, is the result of the triangulation among the subjects. Triangulation in translation should be: a writer, a source text and a translator; a translator, a target text and ...

The selected firm in Idaho is the T-Mobile company that assists the people in the wireless communication. This company provides a wider network service reaching more than 293 million of people in America. The company has employed more than 45000 employees. A compensation strategy of T-mobiles refers to the plan that identifies that how much will the company paying its workers and what will be the rewards, incentives, and benefits provided to the employees along with the basic pay .

The key components of the compensation and benefit strategy of T-mobiles are pay, benefits, and career development. It has a ...

In part IV of Descartes' Discourse, Descartes continues his quest for knowledge of truth. In this particular section, Descartes focuses his discussion primarily on how to determine what we know with certainty to be true. Here, Descartes introduces his infamous method. Systematically he doubts everything and, afterwards, tries to see if anything remains that can be known with certainty. Descartes embarks in his journey by taking a reverse approach from earlier parts of the Discourse. In Part IV, he writes that he will doubt all knowledge that comes from the senses, with the observation that we can wrongfully interpret ...

Grey started as a one-man, one-room retail shop in New York. Grey now employs more than 1,000 individuals with operations in 96 countries plus Grey San Francisco. The company offers marketing and advertising services to 20% of the Fortune 500 companies. The company focuses on creating lasting customer impressions by coming up with new and innovative products to improve customer relations.

The company was founded by Leo Burnette in Chicago in 1935. It operates in the marketing and advertising industry employing more than 9,000 employees and has more than 85 agency offices. Wieden+Kennedy Wieden+Kennedy is ...

This paper attempts to establish the impact of CSR on brand image. CSR has grown over the years, and many corporate companies have adopted it to create positive public relations and consequently improve their profits. The paper contains the methodology used to collect data, both primary and secondary. The literature review provides material on previous research was done and its implications. The article also provides a section on findings related to CSR and brand imaging. Besides, it makes recommendations for future studies and corporate work regarding CSR (Liu, He, Tang, & Liu, 2014).

Is there a relationship between CSR and ...

Socrates was, and still is, considered to be one of the most profound contributors to human philosophy that has ever lived. In the end, he was, if anything, a bit progressive for his time. This was reflected in the fact that he introduced many new thoughts and ideologies that ran counter to culture at the time. As such, he was eventually arrested, placed on trial, and set for execution. With many supporters around the region, Socrates likely could have gotten free somehow. This could have perhaps took place via an escape, but he chose no such way out. As ...

Sometimes reality is not an effective medium by which to view the world. In such instances the human eye often looks beyond what is seen in order to reveal what is hidden in plain view, behind the known and mundane aspects that the world has to offer. In those moments it becomes obvious that no matter how mundane a thing is, no matter how commonplace it might seem, there is always something to be seen in the breaths between one click of the camera to the next. There is beauty throughout all aspects of the world, all one needs ...

The writing delves deep into the structure known as Borobudur. The historical, cultural and religious significance of this architectural structure is explored in the course of the writing so as to comprehend how the temple complex is important even in the present times. In relation to the theoretical concept of flaneur as explicated by the famous theorist Walter Benjamin, the images of the structures present inside the temple complex of Borobudur are explored. (Benjamin, 1929) It is further explored how Borobudur could have in reality been a city. Indeed, this place was the focus of Buddhist worship and scholarship ...

Psychological or emotional senses are keys to living life happily. These senses are what keep people sane through the trying times. As Mac Pherson (2011) stated, the huge influx of new information from the sciences . . . [challenge] some traditional philosophical views about the senses.”

Theory of Sensation and Perception Sensation and perception starts an eye opener for awareness (Grison, Heatherton & Gazzaniga, 2015). Sensation forms different ways people see, hear, touch and smell (Macpherson, 2011). Richard does his everyday tasks at work and life by feeling the situation. As a CEO of a New York multi-national company, he uses his previous ...

Human developmental process is a logical and semantic journey that all of us have to embark on in order to reach the full potential, and the lifetime is a journey that oftentimes ends up causing one’s death. The infancy and early childhood is a phase of one’s life that records pure dependency on others who work in order to ensure survival of the child. The stage of infancy is of utmost innocence, and the world does not get to children in these days. The roles and social responsibilities of a person change as he or she grows ...

In looking at the history of thought, dualism has had many uses (Kim, 2003). The field of philosophy of mind dualism has been defined as the theory of the body and mind. The mind and body problem can be stated to be the problem. The reason for stating this fact is because of the relationship that exists between the body and the mind. The body is the physical properties while the mind is the mental properties. These two properties are stated to be part of the physical science. There are different types of mind and body dualism such as ...

Principally, the youths make up approximately a quarter of the world’s population. However, even with this staggering number most adolescents in many countries are usually discriminated upon in regards to job opportunities; hence, significantly making up one of the largest disenfranchised community. For instance, most youths in South Africa, especially the blacks find it hard to secure jobs. In essence, this has been a pain resulting in most of them feeling deprived of their rights as native citizens and the most energetic in that country. On a similar note, many youths in South Africa, who believe that it is enough, and ...

Nursing is a career rooted in service to humanity by facilitating the delivery of quality patient care through consideration of individual patient needs. My nursing philosophy is based on the need to deliver holistic care to patients while considering personal patient values and upholding high professional standards.

Inter-professional partnerships and joint activities between healthcare providers facilitate quality patient care as a central feature of nursing. Health promotion and improving the quality of care are at the core of my nursing philosophy. For as long as I can recall, I felt the call for taking care of those in need, and I ...

The main belief behind the theory of self-defense as given by Judith Jarvis Thomson rests on the phenomena that a person must become liable to be attacked if somebody else is threatened by him/her considering that he/she is violating the rights of the defender who must not be attacked. Moreover, Judith also assumes that everyone as a human has a fundamental right that must be respected of not being attacked by the other person, but if this right is being violated then the other person loses this right of protection for himself. This means that if a person is being threatened of right ...

This paper posits that freewill and morality will have to form the basic framework through which students must be educated. The paper shows that the future of education and the essence of education is to teach students that they have the right to freewill in life, but this comes with responsibilities. Thus, they need to be guided to take the most morally upright decisions. This should be done by teaching students to identify ethical dilemmas and moral ordeals and take the right decisions. There are options of absolute and relativist ethics and this must be mixed appropriately. The paper ...

Introduction of the Concepts Utilitarianism is comparatively an older concept that highlights the morality of an action based on its impact on maximum number of people in the world. An action is considered moral, if it provides maximum happiness to maximum number of people around the world (Tsoukas, 2011). On the other hand, Universalism is comparatively a new concept that highlights that that there are few action, which are categorical imperative regardless of their impact on others. Both Utilitarianism and Universalism expounds the basis for our actions. These theories guides an individual to choose the best and morally correct ...

In her book Simone de Beauvoir conducted a thorough research on the issue of what role women play in society and why. She raised the questions of ‘femininity’ which was rather the badge of the unfree than simple characteristic of women. To make women free, such femininity must disappear in society. She was determined to connect the view of women to different disciplines including anthropology, biology, sociology, psychology and history. She also referred to cultures and myths to understand why different forms of oppression existed. As a result, Beauvoir came to conclusion that women voluntarily accepted the subordinate status and ...

Having a psychological understanding framed about the realities of the human nature as applied to the experience of daily living connects to these two ideas of Aristotle about the humanly successful life specific to the fact humans require achieving the intellectual ability for discerning what emotional behavior benefits the situation. Further, as offered by Pakaluk, “Note that on the interpretation of 10.6–8 as giving an outline of happiness, we do not take the phrases ‘‘a life lived according to the mind (or philosophical wisdom)’’ (1177b30) or ‘‘a life lived according to the other virtues’’ (1178a21) to mean separate ways of life, ...

The Part 4 of the Discouse on Method by Descartes is a continuation of his preliminary discussion that exposed the philosophical explanations about concepts of logic, algebra, traditional philosophy, and theology. Descartes’ proposed methods incorporated the mathematical concepts with both basic knowledge and intuitive truths (Brians, 1998). His instigation of fresh concepts sweeping away the traditional philosophical prejudices had revolutionized human minds ideologies. Descartes strongly asserted his philosophical dogmas about the existence of life through his powerful phrases, “I am thinking, therefore I exist” and “I think, therefore I am” (Bennett, 2015). There was a firm confirmation of the existence ...

Deception would have been something to deal with in a very easy manner, if we could all think beyond what we have in our minds. If we could detect the thoughts of other people and perceive the broader picture of situations, most human beings would not fall into various forms of deception, fraud and other forms of misleading situations and interpretations. Aristotle stated that we cannot be sure of what other people are thinking because the devil himself has no idea of what is in the mind of another person. Therefore, human beings tend to pass judgments on what they ...

Every form of art has gone through several stages of development that usually depended on the level of technology advance. Some of such art forms first faced incredible criticism and even denial from the contemporaries, who, often failing to come to terms with the cultural and technologic changes and new artistic phenomena, simply rejected the novelties that they could not understand, embrace and appreciate. Video games are currently a central point of heated debates about whether they should or should not be recognized a new art form. The advocates of video games, who are usually gamers or game developers, defend games ...

Prior to John Snow’s approach to accounting for the outbreak of cholera, it was believed by many, including physicians, that the disease was a blood disorder. This was because some of the symptoms of the disease include the bursting of small vessels that make the skin turn blue as the blood become thicker and tar-like because of dehydration. It was also generally believed that the disease was air-borne (Ball 3). The failure then ...

Born from an ever-changing culmination of practice and philosophical theory, education continues to exist as product of both application and constantly shifting theoretical debate that changes along with each generation. Throughout different cultures and applications in which the process of education must change it is seen more often that ideology must conform to generational differences that render some ideas obsolete and confirm other, newer methods that are either revolutionary or are new approaches to old problems. In this vein it is quite easy to lose a great deal of what is applicable to the philosophy of ...

Theory Literature Mix Public and Community Health Nursing Achieving an improved community health is one of the roles of nursing practice. It involves public health, to which the nursing professional not only works with one patient at-a-time. The public health or community health nurses aim to provide education to people when it comes to health issues (explorehealthcareers.org). Thus, part of their goals is to improve the safety and health of the community and to increase their access to healthcare. There are various challenges that could influence the over community health (Meadows, 2009). However, there are different theories ...

Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the individual. It maintains that each individual makes choices and possesses the freedom to make those choices despite their environment. This freedom comes with personal responsibility for the choices the individual makes. The consequences of making these choices results in consequences that can be positive or negative (Burnham and Papandreopoulus 2015). The existentialist movement is representative of a loosely knit group of philosophers and writers who emerged in the nineteenth century and twentieth century. Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), a Danish philosopher and writer promoted the idea that truth is personal. Truth is different for different people ( ...

Towards rethinking the philosophy around relationships, it is plausible to understand the preferences that men and women have over their partners. Psychological debates have indicated the contrast between men and women in determining their inclination to their partners. While men value the physical attributes and attractiveness, women tend to look at the social economic position of their partners. In view of this, it is important to realize that the basis of attraction between men and women varies along the continuum of socialization, preferences, tastes and values. In light of this, the practical implication of emotional spectrum that shapes ...

The aim of this paper is to understand the assertions and debates regarding the escape of Socrates as he was considered for death sentence by the authorities of Athens. There are a number of dialogues that were noted in the history which clearly allows the readers to understand the severity of the situation. Socrates believed that he was eligible for the ruling that was undertaken by the law against him. Crito makes an assertion that it would have been critical if he would not have saved his friend’s life. Crito wanted Socrates to escape so that everyone could ...

While both Kant and Hobbes offer their theories on morality, interestingly, the two theories are quite opposed and contrasting. The disparity can perhaps be explained by differences in their theses. Kant’s theory is based on the rationalistic model, while Hobbes prefers an empirical approach. Nevertheless, a common theme in their approaches is that both of them adopt a subjective point of view. In other words, they prefer a person centered or subjective approach on the issue of morality. The following discussion will compare the approaches of two thinkers on the issue of morality and will also highlight the differences between them. ...

Primitive people believed in various sorts of deities to help them in their daily tasks; the ancient Hittites, Egyptians, Greeks, and the Babylonians worshipped many gods and goddesses to help them win wars, good harvest, as well as to ensure the safety of the whole empire. Because these societies lack the modern knowledge regarding scientific beliefs, religion played a very important role in shaping the society. Even today, interesting artifacts gathered from recent excavations were discovered by archaeologists of the modern times. These reliefs from the past told scholars about the power and influence of the priests (in Hittite, kings ...

Literary works are a form of aesthetic expression that delves deep into the dynamics of the society and beings. The literary artists explore the territories of quintessence that explicate the intertwining relationships between the domains and characters in the milieu and society. The novels in context are varied from one another in terms of content and portraiture. However, there is a commonality among the three literary works in terms of their portrayal of the shadow of the adult world. Although these artistic works explore different avenues of emotions and relationships, there echoing presence of the adult world in all of these ...

Benedetto Croce was a very popular figure in the initial years of the 20th century with respect to aesthetics, philosophy as well as literary criticism. Most of Croce’s general philosophy was akin to that of the earlier century. A relentless theme in the philosophy of Croce is that he pursued a path that lied between ‘transcendentalism’ by Scylla and ‘sensationalism’ of the Charybdis, which for a wide number of reasons may be regarded as co-extensive encompassing both rationalism as well as empiricism. In the view of Croce, these lie at the bottom of the similar error of abstracting from usual experience ...

The first premise of an interesting argument presented by the Le Doeuff in the “First Notebook” is the following: “It wouldbe extremely unjust that women who might have had a penchant for philosophy have long been kept away from it” (2007, p. 2). The conclusion for the argument is represented by the following statement: “I am ...

Historically philosophers religious people, atheists and other interested parties have developed numerous argument about the existence of God, basing their arguments on ideologies and presuppositions. However, the argument is presumed to majorly between religious people who believe in the existence of God and atheists who believe there is no God. For contemporary atheists, their justifications for non-existence of God is based on lack of evidence for his existence. Although there is no evidence for the existence of God according to atheists, there are numerous proofs of existence of a supernatural being (Gutting, 2012). This has been due to lack of ...

We at Dualism Incorporated propose that we in fact hold the correct Metaphysical/Epistemological view. We assert that the spiritual (mental) and the physical i.e bodies exist in unison but are made of different elements, and reside in different plains of existence, and that humans are made of both components. The mind and body are separate entities that exist as one and have sway over each other.

It goes without saying that we understand that the world we live in is populated by physical bodies that are made of particles we know as atoms and these bodies are subject ...

With your permission, I will begin. Today I would like to speak to you about a greek philosopher who left a mark in the history of this subject – Epicurus.

My presentation will consist of several parts. I will start with a small introduction and then tell you more about this philosophy. You will learn about what was considered the pleasures of life and what were the true virtues as seen by this philosopher. In the end I would like to challenge you to a discussion about a quote of Epicurus. And of course give you places to look for more information.

Epicurus was an ...

The understanding of truth is an intriguing concept that has been the subject of many explanations and theories over the years. Many attempt to define its meaning and how to distinguish truth from other concepts. Truth can thus be considered a shifting, provisional, subjective and temporary concept. Its meaning varies depending on context and a variety of other factors. The attempt at understanding the concept fully remains elusive and incomplete. This analysis focuses on an effort to analyze truth; this occurs through the exploration of various types of truth. An understanding of the concept will help in knowing the role of ...

The correct way to lead one’s life and its relation to happiness has been studied by many philosophers, dating back to Aristotle and ancient Greece. The very nature of human existence begs the question of what men should do with their lives. This philosophical tradition climaxed with Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, who emphasized personal choice and commitment, inaugurating existential philosophy. After decades of developing this current of thought, existential psychotherapy was developed as a way to deal with the anxiety that the uncertain nature of man’s place in the cosmos provokes through a special kind of human relation. Through ...

Socrates sentencing had been delayed for a month presenting to Crito a good opportunity to advise Socrates to escape when the ship, that was at Delos arrived. Crito made several attempts to convince Socrates to escape into exile since it was a common practice in Athens. The Athenians would not mind since they wanted Socrates to leave the city. In this paper, Crito’s arguments made to Socrates are analyzed first, followed by Socrates responses and ultimate decision. Crito held that he would have lost such a dear friend should Socrates be killed. He proceeded to explain that he would accuse him ...

Total Quality Management (TQM) is a concept that evolves in the 1950s and has increasingly become popular in this century (Chase, 2012). Total Quality is an explanation of the culture, attitude, and organization of a company that provides goods and services that satisfy customers. Cheruiyot & Maru (2013) summarizes TQM as a management system with customer focus by involving all the members of the organization to assist in continual improvement. TQM uses strategy, data, and networking to integrate a disciplined culture that observes quality in the organization. The concept of quality has undergone a revolution in its meaning in the early 20th century, ...

The essay by Naoki Sakai on post-colonial analysis portrays the west and Europe as entities that are more or less similar in nature, and they can be used interchangeably at times, but effort must be placed in the aim of distinguishing them geopolitically. He perceives the west and Europe as any other civilization that yields knowledge, but the main difference lies in the unique way of operating in the production of knowledge. Naoki portrays the western people as being relatively superior to other people in the world. He says, “Unlike ‘empirical anthropological types’ such as Chinese, Indian, Eskimos, ...

The question could ever war be justified still possesses the minds of contemporary scholars and philosophers, as it is still one of the most controversial questions nowadays. The decision of starting a war has always been one of the most difficult for politics not mentioning the evident reasons for it. A useful guidance for all the people that will be affected by war has always been provided by the just war theory; however, it is too subjective for modern society. Just war theory is the result of thoughts and ideas developed by various philosophers through all the history of ...

The Allegory of the Cave describes the shadows on the cave wall, which was taught to the prisoners as he reality since birth. It also depicts humans as prisoners of their own body. Plato wants to tell us that the prisoners who were inside the cave believed that what they see on the cave wall is the reality that in fact, it was just the reflection coming from the fire and objects behind them. When one of the prisoners was released and witnessed what the reality looks outside the cave, he realized that shadows were just illusions. ...

Descartes’ skepticism and confusions about self-believe, truth and knowledge are expressed in his First Meditation. He is confused by the nature of his sensory beliefs because most of the times they tend to mislead him. His distrust for his senses does not mean that he distrusts all of them. He only happens to distrust some of them when the conditions for trusting such senses are poor. He will trust his senses when the conditions are such that they are favorable and conducive to be trusted. The other thing that makes Descartes skeptic about life and self-belief is in ...

Unemployment and the legislator’s decision regarding the unemployment benefits Congressional republicans’ reluctance to extend the unemployment insurance, which led to its expiry on the 28 December last year, is cruel. The high unemployment rate caused by the 2008 recession prompted the government to expand the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program. The expansion was aimed at providing some income for the long-term unemployed persons who had already exhausted the usual 26 weeks of the period of state benefits. The program was extended for a period of up to 99 weeks whiles the federal and states also collaborated to ...

The civilization of ancient Greece centered on the Aegean Sea, the region that today includes Greece and the western part of Turkey. Ancient Greece was not a single country ruled by one person. Ancient Greece consists of numerous city-states that share a common language and culture. About 800 B.C. Greeks began to form ‘polis’ or city-states throughout the country. Each polis has its own government. Some city-states had a few thousand inhabitants, but some city-states such as Athens have a total population of 250,000. City-states were set up as far from Greece as France and Spain. There were several different forms of ...

Vivian was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian cancer at the age of 48 years by a prominent physician. According to film the ‘Wit’, Vivian’s care was faced by barriers of effective communication. First, there was a lack of consent. A prominent physician, Harvey Kelekian, subjected her to agree to aggressive, debilitating chemotherapy to serve his research agenda. Vivian was to bear the therapy and the degrading study. As her condition got worse and fear increased, she questioned the assumptions about life. Secondly, lack of integrity among the professionals. This is evident in Dr. Kelekian his first words to Vivian ...

Ancient Chinese can be said to be one of the main areas where logic initiated, together with Greek and India. This was during the regime of Mohi who was a follower of Confucius. However, they existed under different doctrines. There was also Mo-tzu who made major contributions in the field of logic and linguistics in China. They introduced Hu Shih as a contribution of logic. Confucius and Mo-tzu had philosophical contribution to linguistic and logical reflections in their cultural tradition of Chinese. Confucius would rectify names as a move in realizing political and moral reforms. Therefore, Hu Shih referred to the ...

1 a) Wittgenstein employs the picture theory of meaning effectively to explain many important things in philosophy. In essence, the picture theory of meaning by Wittgenstein is a theory in which he argued that the state of things or the atomic facts could b pictured by a meaningful proposition. Using this theory, Wittgenstein managed to compare spatial pictures with the concept of pictures. In essence, the picture theory is seen as a correspondence to the truth theory. Wittgenstein’s arguments were to the effect that statements can only be meaningful in the event that they can be easily pictured or be defined in ...

This paper presents theory and practice of French sociology in practice after Pierre Bourdieu and the impacts that his work had to sociologist and the society at large, as a preparation for a journal article. It had started by analyzing the life of Bourdieu when young who hardly known in the society who advocated for purely scientific view of sociology and was against sociologically oriented journalism developed by his mentor Raymond Aron. Bourdieu was not known unlike other intellectuals in society of the time. However, him together with his co-writer Jean-Claude Passeron gained instant fame after they wrote two provocative books ...

Part 1 - Race in Mexico and Peru Native Americans were comprised of indigenous tribes such as Maya, Inca and Aztecs. They inhabited largely Mexico and Peru. Before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, the ancient civilizations lived in peace and harmony and were able to establish local empires that were rich in culture and traditions. With the arrival of Spaniards in 15-16th century, the civilizations were deemed to suffer either from diseases brought externally or by bloody conquests. With the engagement of Europeans, the African slave trade was introduced to the American continent. The population was mixed ...

Ethnic Stereotypes: Americans vs. Europeans. Greene in his Quiet American Dream is vivid about the disparity between the Americans and the British in terms of their conduct. In this case, Pyle is one character that is used by Greene to establish the unruly conduct of the Americans. They are expressed to be untimely. That is; they are not time observant. On the other hand, they are different from the British people who are stern and concerned about what they do. For instance, Fowler, who represents the British, states that he, is not willing to wait upon a policeman to ...

Limousine services have taken a new direction whereby providing services to the people depend on the prices which must be considerate due to the competition in Austin, Texas. The major objective of the limousine business is to offer car hire services to the resident and the people living around the city. The company has an expectation of $50000 annually as the net revenue from the annual budget that requires 25 employees. This is required after all the expenses are catered for which may include the insurance and maintenance of the limousine. Through projection on business, in few years, it is ...

Descartes First Meditation on skeptical doubts opens with the mediator reflecting on the numerous falsehoods he has always believed all his life. He also reflects on the imperfect knowledge he has come up with, following these falsehood. Therefore, Descartes resolved on sweeping all the things he knew and starting again on the foundations in which he built up his knowledge once again, but this time on certain grounds. Furthermore, this becomes Desecrates overall goal that he sets for himself as far as the Meditator is concerned. The philosopher is seen seated alone by the fire, where he is free ...

According to Ede and Cormack, what was the impact of Napoleon's reign on the development of scientific and technical training in France? Napoleon's reign included a refocusing to the education of the masses, including educating women. He centralized and standardized the education system with a focus on language. Napoleon believed in women’s education, to a point. He permitted the reestablishment of the Catholic elementary schools that educated boys and girls. Napoleon’s priority was secondary education however. In this area, he saw to standards not only for students but also for teachers and the curriculum. This was in part done ...

This paper responds to the article titled “Job and Career Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Newly Graduated Nurses.” The article was authored by Laschinger Heather who is affiliated to the University Of Ontario School Of Nursing. It was published on 4thth issue of the Journal of Journal of Nursing Management in 2012. Spencer. The article contains the details of a research conducted to find out work life experiences of new graduate nurses and to determine predictors of job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Shortage of nurses in hospital is a global problem. Many explanations have been given as to why most healthcare ...

The book Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman is an autobiography and an inspirational business book by Yvon Chouinard. The book is about a prominent edge company called Patagonia that demonstrates a prosperous business approach. Patagonia is a company that manufactures clothing as well as outdoors equipment and is well-known for its policies that create environmental awareness. As a co-founder of the business Chouinard provides a moving autobiography regarding the inception of the Patagonia and the management policy that is typifies an authentic success in business and in life. The book is divided into three parts. The first part ...

Aristotle has made more lasting contribution to philosophy as compared to Plato. This statement can be justified on the basis of facts that Plato has envisioned the concept of just society as consisting of three classes, which are the producers i.e., craftsmen and farmers, the military i.e., warriors, and the rulers i.e., philosophers and kings. According to him, each class maintains justice and every class performs its proposed function (Santas, 2010). Such as the the it is compulsory for the king to rule, the producer should produce obediently and perform all the skills he possessed and the military should ...

The book written by Waller focuses on ethics and its relation to other subjects such as emotions and reasoning, the importance and advantages of observing ethics. The writer’s primary source of information on ethics is from different philosophers such as Susan Wolf and Catherine Wilson whose argument on morals is the main point of focus. Wolf discusses that there are two types of saints: loving saints who care about others more than themselves and selfless and rational saints who retain some selfishness and some non-moral values. Other philosophers such as Aristole and Plato suggest that true happiness ...

Bohn, William E. “The Development of John Dryden’s Literary Criticism.” PMLA 22.1 (1907): 56-139. In Bohn’s article, the author discusses Dryden’s critical essays, particularly in terms of his use of satire. Here, Bohn notes the way in which Dryden used a satire as its own form of criticism; “satire is itself but a sort of criticism; it has always been the form assumed by the highly trained, versifying prose-understanding” (118). Dryden was never one to give literary judgments one at a time, but rather to convey his ideas in a more abstract way, which is where his ...

The purpose of the following essay is to explore the fundamental aspects of the Descartes` theory on the distinctness of mind and body as formulated in the Sixth Meditation of a philosophical treatise ‘Meditations on the first philosophy’, as well as to present the objections against the Descartes` statement that the mind is distinct from the body. I would also like to briefly summarize the main points of the Sixth Meditation in regard to the existence of material things and the relation between the imagination and the pure intellection. In the Sixth Meditation “Concerning the Existence of Material Things, ...

People propose moral relativism on psychological grounds. The psychological reasons include psychological conclusions while subjective personal motives normally form powerful moral relativism sources as compared to the logical considerations. People consider moral relativism as objective logical arguments. The main motive for relativism is people’s deep desire to achieve happiness. In addition, fears correspond to the fundamental desires within. It is rather probable that such fear for moral absolutism makes people unhappy through making them feel even guiltier. For this reason, moral absolutism becomes unloving and uncompassionate. This good morality component has positive consequences while bad morality bears negative ...

Metaparadigm is a term that distinguishes a discipline and gives that discipline an abstract view. It distinguishes one field of study from another. Metaparadigm is a combination of two words, Meta and paradigm. Fawcett defined metaparadigm of discipline as groups of statements that identify its phenomena in a global way and not specific. Fawcett explained the concepts that define the discipline. Fawcett identified four concepts of nursing as environment, health, nursing and human beings (Fawcett, 2005). The nursing discipline development has seen many challenges over the past century. Fawcett formulated that nursing is a distinct discipline composed of structural holarchies, which are integrated to ...

1. Descartes famously begins his Meditations on First Philosophy by considering so-called “radical doubt.” What is radical doubt, and what are the three phases in the argument that lead him to it? What does he believe is the idea that is fundamentally resistant even to the deepest of doubts? And why does Descartes begin his epistemology like this, anyway? Rene Descartes propounded his theory of radical doubt where he insisted on the systematic process of doubting one’s beliefs in a bid to determine or ascertain that which is indeed true. Descartes, in his radical doubt, advocated for doubting ...

Jobs was a unique leader and a vivid example of the role of personality in history. He has already entered the history of management as a lone hero. Director of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California of Los Angeles Warren Bennis says that this is one of the few cases where the code of the company is wired in the brain of one person. It is not that Apple is not able to create outstanding market developments. The point in the presentation, product philosophy, which was translated to buyers and investors by Steve Jobs. According to Burrows, Grover & Green ( ...

Induction The problem facing induction has been a great challenge presented by epistemology to various philosophers, among them David Hume. Since the 18th century, he has raised the induction concern to various philosophers with the aim of finding a solution to the dilemma. Karl Popper, Chalmers among others philosophers played an imperative role in identifying a considerable solution to the induction problem. In philosophy, induction is defined as a form of reasoning that is derived from a particular observation of a phenomenon and draws conclusions from the phenomenon. For instance, it is certain that the sun will rise tomorrow in the morning simply because ...

The state of nature is one of the crucial concepts in political and moral philosophy. It is worth nothing that the state of nature is used in various fields, which include social contract theories, religion, as well as international law. It focuses on the lives of people before the societies existed. There are several philosophers that have elaborates on the state of nature of men. Some of the philosophers include Locke and Hobbes. They have developed various perceptions on issues of law, state, as well as right to property. The natural rights and natural law follow from various aspects ...

The American Revolution is the political era between 1765 and 1783 when the Thirteen American Colonies disintegrated from the British Empire and formed an independent nation today called the United States of America. The Americans rejected the parliament authority to extract taxes from citizens without elected representatives in 1765. This battle continues until 1783 after the British sent combat troops to maintain peace, leading to the today called the American Revolutionary War (Fradin 12). The American Revolution had specific political goals while the creation of the new republic created some different effects on women, blacks and Indians.

The American ...

In the book Emile, Rousseau borrowed a lot of thinkers that came before him. He had the arguments of John Locke on teaching and education. Still, he quite remarkably combined the arguments of the preceding philosophers to form a coherent and comprehensive teaching system. Using the medium of the novel, Rousseau was able to dramatize such that they reached a wide audience. Rousseau saw the system of education as married to nature that had characteristics of harmony, and concern for the learner as well as the learning process itself. The premise of this argument was the preservation of the original perfection of ...

Abortion has been, is, and always will be a topic that rouses great debate among ethicists and philosophers. Deciding whether or not to end a life, or if it is a life that is ending began a discussion that is likely never to end. Many believe that an abortion is ethically irresponsible and even intolerable. They believe that it is no different than if one were to go out and murder another living person. However, the argument can be made that the act of abortion does have an ethical foot to stand on, for several reasons, all of which revolve around the woman ...

- The propositions differ with regard to the opinions and views held by different individuals. They do not belong to the foundation because they do not exist on their own but are derived from other factors. The doubt inherent in this regard is that a human could possibly be wrong and therefore should not necessarily form the standard for reference formulated them. We hold different beliefs, which may be contrary to propositions that others make. As such, while one thing may appear to be sensible to one person, it may be very different as per another person’s view. Everything ...

My purpose of writing this essay is to understand the human foundation. Human foundation relates to our choices, our values, and our relationships with the nature and with each other. What does it mean to be human? And, does it mean a free-spirited inquiry? Or. Is it a recognition of the links between what we view in ourselves? Also, human is a concept revolves around economic uncertainty, environmental degradation, striving for democracy and democratic paralysis. In this essay, we offer a challenge to the person, willing to take this challenge provided with a space. Moreover, we will critically understand the assumptions of what ...

1. Identify the following as a proposition or a propositional function by writing p or pf next to the expression”

(a) x is sick = pf (b) the first man on the moon = p (c) oh to be free = p (d) ‘x is human for all values of x = pf (e) Somebody stole my camera = pf (e) Eat dirt = p

2. (i) State a difficulty that arises about the interpretation of some sentence containing an expression such as: “everything,” “something,” or “nothing.” A difficulty interpreting using an absolute expression such as: “everything,” “something,” or “nothing.” to denote an element in a description is that ...

Progressivism philosophy education is based on the belief that the education should put concentration and focus on the child as a whole rather than focusing on the teacher or content. This philosophy of education proposes that the ideas of the children should be tested through active experimentation. The learning activity is mainly based on the questions raised by the learners that arise as they experience the world. This is an active philosophy of education as opposed to the other passive theories of education.in this philosophy of education the learner is the problem solver and a thinker in the learning process. The ...

In my previous paper, I outlined some of the encounters that I can describe as defining moments. As a matter of fact, a defining moment is any instance that in one way or another affects the life course of a person. Apparently, the defining moments as narrated before were the meeting with the motivational speaker, and the unfortunate squabble between my best friend and me in our adolescent days. Clearly, of these encounters the former was quite inspiring and constructive. On the contrary, the latter was characterized by adversity because after the encounter, I was regretful, stressed out and shamefaced. These feelings ...

The article “A Homemade Education” in “Malcolm X and His View on Education” by Malcolm X is published on cantonlocal.org. In this article Malcolm X explains the contrast between the tough street life and experiencing the life in prison. Through its contrasting streets and prison, Malcolm x describes the difficulties faced while educating in the field of literature, and how the prison studies helped him to be self-empowered. He was an African American convict who served prison sentence. In this article, Malcolm X uses many different types of approaches to represent his argument to the many different types of ...

The application of moral philosophy to business is not a simple task to do. Most especially in the global market wherein concepts about right or wrong differ from many things and with different cultural views. The expansion of moral philosophy in the business world is the business ethics. Perceptions of right or wrong are common to any organization. The company has the ultimate responsibility for every action of the employees and business owners can utilize the organizational culture that focuses on the employees’ moral obligation in dealings with others in the company. The fact that employees represent the company in ...

Traditional and well-known manufacturing companies often struggle to implement newer process changes and manufacturing practices in business. Economic order quantity was a popular concept in the early part of 20th century. Almost all companies then used economic order quantity purchasing policy. Most of the companies probably benefitted from implementing economic order quantity (EOQ), but some failed as it was not relevant for the product type and industry. In the later part of 20th century, many new manufacturing process techniques came into limelight. Just in Time system, Toyota Production System, Theory of Constraints, MRP and ERP systems, TPM, Lean manufacturing and ...

Plato devotes an entire text to analyze love through Socrates speech. Plato was Socrates student. He was initially a political student before turning philosophical after his master and teacher was tried and sentenced to death after being accused of corrupting the minds of young Athenians. Plato believed that the true aspects of love could lead to proper governance and that the people would live with honor and pursues excellence rather than wealth. Since love revolves all aspects of life including governance, and life being a philosophy in its own sense, it is only wise that he treats love as a philosophical subject. ...

Martin Luther King, Jr was an American activist, pastor, leader and humanitarian involved in the African American Civil Rights movement. Martin was a Christian and led his movements based on his Christian beliefs. He advanced civil rights without using any violent means or civil disobedience. King was opposed racial segregation, and in 1962, he led a struggle in Albany, Georgia, using nonviolent protests to ensure that the cries of the black people were heard. This protest attracted many people including the news coverage, and it was at this point, where he delivered his speech “I Have a Dream”. The speech made him a ...

Since the beginning of the early civilizations, man tried to understand the world around him and why events take place. Some tried to put symbols to non-living things and even on natural occurrences, while many turned to religion to explain the meaning of life and the mystery behind the creation story. However, there were a few who deviated from this unyielding faith in religious preaching and sought to answer the world’s many mysteries through their own studies. In Europe, this desire to solve these mysteries escalated into a conflict between religion and science that resulted to the advent of the ...

The issue of if animals have the same sentience and morality of humans is a topic that has been greatly debated throughout history. Many philosophers and scientists have weighed in to try and find the answer to this age-old question. Singer has explicit views on the relative sentience of animals and morality of the ways in which human beings use animals, and those views often come into conflict with the ways that human beings interact with non-human animals in various societies. Singer defines sentience as “the capacity to experience episodes of positively or negatively valenced awarenesses” (Singer). Positive sentience would ...

Graduate education provides an opportunity to expand academic horizons, to learn practical skills for real world applications, and affords the opportunity to do advanced research and influence future generations of students in a given field. John Hopkins University Masters of Science program in Finance will afford me the opportunity to conduct research, advance my knowledge of the field, and study with some of the finest faculty in the profession. I will be able to advance my knowledge in a vibrant setting with implications for a broad range of industries and services that are used daily by millions of people throughout the world. ...

In ancient times, intellectuals and philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, Euthyphro and Aristotle among many others engaged in intense Philosophical debates about morality, science, sociology among many other issues. The debate between Euthyphro and Socrates on piety or holiness stands out as a classic philosophical argument. While Euthyphro offers different definitions on what he thought piety and impiety were, Socrates refutes them on his own grounds because he wanted to learn how to defend himself and justify acts of impiety filed against him by Meletus (Navia, 2007). The Concept of piety or holiness takes a prominent position in the dialogue ...

Question No. 1 The philosophy of the Crime Control Model is that discovering, apprehending, and punishing offenders, preventing and deterring crime is considered a priority. The civil liberties are still protected, but shall be limited to the extent that they do not jeopardize social control. The repression, detection and efficient prosecution are central to this model. The failure to detect and successfully prosecute the offenders shall be considered as failure on the part of the government (Hall, 2011, p.316). When this happens, the public loses its confidence in the government, which will hinder its ability to detect and deter ...

In Jonathan Edwards’ The Nature of True Virtue is the philosophers’ concrete attempt to define the nature of virtue – in Chapter 1, “What the essence of true virtue consists in,” Edwards insists that, regardless of controversy, “virtue is something beautiful, or rather it is some kind of beauty or excellence” (Edwards 1). In essence, virtue is something that is intrinsically beautiful, but not all things that are beautiful are virtuous. Instead, virtue belongs only to human beings and those other creatures of free will (like God); “Virtue is the beauty of the mental qualities and acts that are of a ...

Justice is both a political and moral concept. According to Socrates, it is what the wise ruler and wise men practice. However, this view was criticized and refuted by Plato who defines justice as “giving everyone his due”. The concept of justice and its definition has always been controversial not only among philosophers, but also among jurists. It has elicited a plethora of logical syllogism and debate on what is its definition as well as what it means. However, there is a consensus that justice has both a desirable quality of a political society and a moral character. As a result, the concept of justice is ...

Sustainable organizations have minimal impact on the local and global environment and the sustainable practices depend on the nature and vision of leadership. Richard Branson of Virgin Group is a very good example of how visionary and transformational leadership increases the sustainable practices of a business. Branson has a large business empire comprising of more than 400 companies but his dedication towards environmental sustainability and climate change is commendable. His commitment to sustainability is evident from $ 3 billion he pledged to spend over a period of ten years for sustainability. Starting from 2006 his aim was to invest in development of environmental technologies, ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with some ideas on how an ethics system could be built and organized in such a way that just decisions are made on an everyday basis in people’s lives. Ethics is considered to be a vague and difficult to be defined concept. Nevertheless, there has always been the commonly accepted primitive idea on what Ethics is, which is mainly based on the principles of Philosophy. ...

Being a coach requires one to carry out this role based on acquired experience, both theoretical and practical knowledge, moral values, long-formed opinions and reasonable beliefs. Taking proper notice and paying due respect to all the above mentioned criterion are the philosophy itself, and the success of its performance is measured by how well one knows his or her strong and weak points and understands what are the core values and coaching methods.

Athletic coaching philosophy is oriented towards guiding and navigating one’s ward through the area or the field the coach is much more experienced and acquainted with. ...

Allegory of the Cave, also known as the Analogy of the Cave, is a story narrated by the famous Greek philosopher (Plato) in his popular writing called the Republic. The story talks about three men chained to the wall such that they cannot turn their heads. Behind the prisoners is a fireplace. There is also a parapet (between the prisoners and the fire) along which puppeteers can walk. As the puppeteers hold up puppets, they cast shadows onto the wall of the cave. However, the prisoners cannot see the real objects; they can only see shadows on the wall cast by objects ...

Socrates goes to the court to seek advice from Euthyphro on an indictment by a young man by the name Meletus, who claims that he knows by whom and how the young are corrupted. So by that he refers to Socrates as the one corrupting the young by fabricating the gods of which Socrates knows nothing about because according to him, what he taught was the mere truth which he says the Athenians dislike because he is trying to win people in his own way of thinking. It is at this point that Ethyphro tells Socrates about the dilemma ...

The story of the oracle tells of a situation that arose in Athens where Socrates was rumored to be the wisest of the men that were alive at the time and in the city of Athens in particular. To him, Socrates thought others to be wiser. He especially considered men in Athens of high regard such as statesmen, poets and artisans to be wiser than he was. Specifically, such men considered themselves wise, and the society accepted this fact for truth since they were policy makers and the creative minds in the society.

The controversy began ...

Concerning personal identity my position is similar to that of John Locke. I reject the idea that my personal identity is tied to my soul, as Cartesian theory suggested. I also do not believe that my personal identity is tied to my body. It seems more plausible to me that my personal identity is tethered to my memories because I am a culmination of my experiences. What I have endured, learned, and observed have made me into the person typing this. Memories are what have created my personal identity. My position on the mind and body problem, or that ...

One of the cornerstones of the UK Constitution is parliamentary sovereignty. Parliamentary sovereignty makes the UK parliament the supreme legal authority in the country that is charged with the role of creating or ending laws. The parliament sovereignty doctrine has stood for a considerable period in the UK constitution. Although it has managed to stand solidly, some constitutional developments have, however affected this sovereignty. The parliament has itself passed some laws that have limited the application of this principle. These laws have been a reflection of the political developments both within and outside the United Kingdom. The aim of this paper ...

The idea of just society is of great relevance in the modern world. Justice is a quality of providing equality and fairness. It is essentially the quality of giving equal opportunities to people regardless of their background (Sandel, 7). The idea of a just society stretches among various aspects of life. For example, in the court, judges are expected to make a fair ruling to a case. Furthermore, in the corporate world, the employers should only hire employees based on their qualifications. Finally, justice may be applied in the society where the freedom and welfare of all individuals should be respected. The government ...

Quintilian on linguistic education: In the article of Harris and Taylor, the importance of an orator in relation to education and their impact on the society is well elaborated. The best orator should not only be perfect in speech but also in aspects relating moral character and advancement of the roles of a citizen. The orator should guide the citizens on matters of both private and the public interest. This therefore shows that linguistics play a very crucial role in the advancement of western education. This is indicated by the rhetoric of Quintilian who was very distinguished as an orator. ...

The diversity of perspectives is always manifested through the numerous hypotheses that mature into theories. The understanding or explanation as to why an event is experienced varies from one person to another. This can be shown through the numerous correlated theories used to explain common or different situations. A theorist develops his/her argument with respect to the situation in question and establishes principles that objectify the main idea in theory. They frame their findings in a manner that it can be used to explain different phenomena in the same dome of argument. A comparative analysis of the same theory can ...

Cyber-hate is an offence of propagating hate majorly through the internet. It is rampant in the 21st century due availability of devices which enable access to the internet such as smartphones, tablets and computers. Cybercrime has become such a thorny issue that combating it has become the main agenda of many a government. The social websites were also invented in the 21st century. Cyber-hate is so important a topic since it addresses the issues at stake and pertinent to the human race, the shortcomings that come with them and probably considers recommendations for combat of such vices. Cyber-hate can cause trauma ...

- Canada currently does not have any active criminal laws penalizing abortion - The Canada Health Act governs the proper process of abortion in Canada - Provision of abortion in Canada varies by province

- The due observation and respect towards abortion rights in Canada stands as inviolable under the Canadian Charter of Rights, in light of the fundamental principle of protection to life through the autonomy of decisions on the health and body of Canadian women from state intervention.

- Article 2(a) - MAIN IDEA: Abortion is an issue severely debated by both religious and ...

Realist theory arose by way of reaction to the shortcomings of utopian philosophy and the utopianism underlying the post-World War I peace-building process. What is the realist critique of utopianism in relation to the League of Nations? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Woodrow Wilson was the most prominent advocate of the utopian approach underlying the post-World War I peace-building process. His concept of international world order was based on two important prerequisites: first, he envisaged a new world order governed by an international framework of “collective security” (Carr, p. 8) between nations which he considered essential for the ...

At the start of his research, Descartes considers everything that he can in all probability doubt as fault. He employs the thought of his step method to assist philosophy resolve basic difficulties. He makes it clear that searching for the truth in science would clarify the relationship between science and philosophy. He explains that both science and philosophy rely on each other in order to find solutions to basic questions for philosophy. Descartes gives evidences of the existence of the soul and God. Considering the nature of dreams and the untrustworthiness of the senses, He happens to be ...

Todd and Edna having been married three years ago have had constant fights. These fights arise primarily as a result of Edna’s unacceptable drinking habits. The couple, in a bid to end their internal feuds decide to bear a child. Will this enable them end their perennial disputes or are there better solutions to child bearing. A close reference to Locke’s writings would help. Edna has a moral obligation to keep sober and fend for her family, something which she miserably fails to do. This proves to be the root source of bickering and fights in her house. Locke in ...

Hume is a philosopher who holds a distinct position in the literary world on grounds of his intellectual contribution in the spectrum of philosophy of religion. He in his famous Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, formulates his argument with the analysis that the world in its design is analogical to the human intelligent productions, possibly because of the inherent trait from the creator of human being. Hume in his analysis objects over the faulty analogies that may lead to serious consequences. He highlighted the Fallacy of Composition-erroneous argument from a property of a part of the whole to a property of the whole. In his ...

The historical, cultural and scientific events of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped human thoughts and philosophy. The purpose of science and philosophy is to explain the universe, meaning of life and where man fits in. Man has made progress based on the growth and development of science and philosophy. The conventional opinions that were barriers to a richer human experience were attacked by Nietzsche, who disliked liberalism, communism, and socialism. He disagreed to the two-hundred-year-old western intellectual tradition of progress and condemned the morality of Christians. He advocated that the man was living alone in an ...

Three types of examples from the genres of world literature are integral to the strength of investigating the works of different periods and cultures. Different eras represented sweeping views of war, the sacred, the secular, and expressions of stories that culminated in philosophical lessons or important pieces in historical sagas. This essay develops a critique based upon the prompt which looks at the literary works of: (a) Homer’s “The Iliad”, (b) Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy – Inferno”, and (c) Elphinstone Dayrell’s “Nigerian Folk Stories”. The richly contrasting nuances of the literary comparisons provide a marvelous rubric and background from which ...

Qualitative research, as defined by Thomas from the book of Sampa (2012), “involves gathering and interpreting information from the viewpoint of kinds of objects, ideas, or events” (as cited in Sampa, 2012, p.5). Qualitative research has five approaches, which are narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. Each design should be anchored to a theory in order for the progress of a research to be guided. According to Creswell (2009), in qualitative research, a theory acts as a lens for understanding the study, although it may also be formulated during or after the study.

Phenomenology This type of approach, as ...

Introduction Cephalous defines justice in a basic way “giving what is ought”. Socrates ends the dialogue between Polemarchus, Cephalous and Thrasymachus and Socrates by pointing out the purpose justice plays. According to Socrates, granting justice is creates happiness (Jowett, 1999). Justice is a complex word, why would someone demand justice? In this paper I am going to explore what contribute to happiness and good life and contrast Socrates perception of success and happiness with the modern day realities.

Despite the change of times and possibly the thinking of people, the view of life by early time philosophers still reflect how ...

The essence of justice is a massively studied model. With the help of different social sciences, head scholars continue to reflect on the field and outline of what appears to bear a visionary semblance but whose versions in time of history has often taken different perspectives. An equiparation of the versions of justice in main disciplines of psychology, legal studies, philosophy, economic studies, and sociology, for example, show only very insular convergence lines. An analysis of Aristotle’s interpretation of justice in comparison with Victorian principles and later on in the works of Kant, Rawls and utilitarians and other contemporary thoughts ...

Plato and Aristotle, along with the first great philosopher Socrates, are considered to be the founders of all philosophical concepts and the top of Greek philosophy. They developed such philosophical systems that lately found a number of adherents, and even nowadays famous philosophers apply to the classic works of Plato and Aristotle since after these Greek authors there were not any fundamentally new ideas in philosophical studies. However, the difference between Plato’s and Aristotle’s views is significant; even though Plato laid the foundation of many political, social thoughts and the theory of Ideas, they were criticized by Aristotle, ...

Representing the helm of a global enterprise proves no easy feat, particularly in the highly competitive and dauntingly complex world of the airline industry. Yet Richard Branson has managed to become viewed as a cool guy, who is down-to-earth, sensible and unpretentious as well as effectively leading the company Virgin into a hopeful future. A cogent understanding of the intensity and difficulty required to run an airline is noteworthy at the outset of this essay. In an article appearing in the Harvard Business Review, Anderson (2014) describes the treacherous terrain of management ...

OUTLINE I. Introduction Thesis: Plato’s Symposium, Euripides’ Medea and Lysias’ Murder of Eratosthenes demonstrate that women had no place in Ancient Greek culture, other than to produce children and run a household. II. Plato’s Symposium A. Pausanias begins his speech describing two types of love: heavenly and common. Common love is a physical type of love, something to be had between a man and a woman. B. Aristophanes, a comedian, gave a speech about humans being split in two by Zeus and because of this we are always looking for our other half. Men who want women, and ...

In the Book X of „The Republic“, Plato asks Socrates to explain why philosophy and poetry are opposed. They seem to be on different sides of the same issue. According to Plato, philosophy teaches people the way they should conduct their lives and how to be moral and poetry and art, such as painting, only corrupts people. Plato believes that art „is at the third remove from reality, nothing more than semblances, easy to produce with no knowledge of the truth“ (Plato, 2011, p. 25). Philosophers offer „moral and religious guides to the conduct of life“ (Plato, 2011, ...