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- 2701: Differences and Similarities of Liberalism
- ... to what makes a good government. ...namely how far it promotes the good management of the affairs of society by means of the existing faculties, moral, intellectual, and active, of its various members, and what effect in improving or deteriorating those faculties.8 Mill believes that it is necessary to expand the role of government not only to protect the people from the government but to promote liberty by putting limits ...
- 2702: The Question of an Answer: What It Is To Be Human
- ... agrees that the mind and the body are separated, yet they value the mind over the body. A value dualist puts emphasis on the fact that the mind is superior to the body, and in effect supervises it. "The body is distanced from the thinking person because it is less capable." (Kretchmar 1994, 42) The attraction of value dualism is huge. The fact is that people simply cannot trust their senses ...
- 2703: The Philosophy of Truth Making You Free
- ... by criminals in society, to cause harm, will no doubt enslave the public both mentally and physically. The society will see the injustice happening but will not know from where it is being caused. This effect will be expressed in the sort of decisions they make and company they keep. A more defensive society cannot feel free until the conspiracy is brought to light, that is until the truth is told ...
- 2704: The Existence of External Forces
- ... the very simplistic ideas of rewards and punishments can determine right from wrong. This alone does not give a dog free will, he could still be bounded by his past experience and have little conscience effect on his decisions. However, as many dog owners know, dogs often do purely human things which show their ability to exert some level of control over their actions beyond the instinctual level. For example, a ...
- 2705: The Existence of God: Theories of Thomas Aquinas, St. Anselm, and William Paley
- ... impossible for something to cause itself, then in order for anything to proceed to infinity (man, nature) is must be caused be other causes. If there is no first cause (God) there would be no effect. So if we do exist and proceed to infinity there must exist a first power, this men call God. Again as in his first argument Aquinas assumes that there existed nothing at one time and ...
- 2706: Relativism: The Tangible Theory
- ... say that there is one set standard that we should follow on the societal level, as well as the individual? Cultural Relativism, challenges the ordinary belief in the universality of moral truth. It says, in effect, that there is no such thing as universal truth in ethics; there are only the various cultural and personal codes, and nothing more. Moreover, our own code has no special status; it is merely one ...
- 2707: What Is Orientalism?
- ... a more objective literature. It will seems though quite impossible to erase what as been done, to remain objective when even your own thoughts are guided by subjective values deeply rooted in our mind. The effect are much irreversible and the best we can do is not to steer away from subjectivity and remain focus and aware of the power of text.
- 2708: Nurture Plus Nature
- ... has a prevailing edge over the environmental factors of behavior. Following his extensive research on twins, Thomas Bouchard concluded that 1) "Genetic factors exert a pronounced and pervasive influence on behavioral variability, and 2) the effect of being reared in the same home is negligible for many psychological traits"(Turecki). Following his various research on twins it is indisputable that Bouchard heavily supported the genetical factors involved in behavioral characteristics. Although ...
- 2709: Descartes' Meditations
- ... been placed in our minds by a perfect being. His reasoning for this is as follows: At the very least there must be as much in the total efficient cause as there is in the effect of the same cause.() From this declaration he ascertains that a perfect thing exists and by definition the perfect thing is God. He also concludes that God is no deceiver: for it is manifest by ...
- 2710: Kanflict: How Humans Have Risen Above The Divine
- ... we have of what is good or bad, moral or immoral, that is known without experience. For example, it is wrong to rape. A posteori is less glorious and pure, but it has a similar effect. It is the knowledge of something from experience. The maxim is the action which one's will considers and weighs before doing it. In other words it is the word for the whole process discussed ...
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