Good vs. Evil‚ Wrong vs. Right‚ and Ought/Should Be vs. What Is Group B: Question 1: An office worker had a record of frequent absence. He used all his vacation and sick leave days and frequently requested additional leave without pay. His supervisor and co-workers expressed great frustration because his absenteeism caused bottlenecks in paperwork‚ created low morale in the office‚ and required others to do his work in addition to their own. On the other hand‚ he felt he was entitled to take
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there are no impressions then there is no idea. Unlike Descartes‚ Hume believed that every persons perceptions were his alone and different from other peoples. Hume believed in cause and effect. Hume also recognized matters of fact‚ which is reasoning derived from our senses‚ for example‚ the sun will rise tomorrow. Hume’s beliefs on cause and effect‚ he believed that causes were not uncertain. Hume was also a skeptical philosopher unlike Descartes. In my opinion I think Hume was more practical
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Despite the fact that there are many individuals on this planet‚ there are not very many humanized individuals. The vast majority of them are normally savaged. Savagery can plainly be recognized in people when there are no principles‚ when the right circumstance stirs‚ lastly when there is no development around them. Without guidelines‚ brutality assumes control. Without standards‚ individuals are allowed to do whatever he or she fancies. Meaning‚ their actual nature will be uncovered. That nature
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Satisfaction With A Lack Of God Since the dawn of man‚ there has been a belief in gods. Whether it was to explain how life came about on our planet‚ to give reasoning to strange phenomenon‚ or give hope of having an afterlife‚ human kind has always used gods as an explanation. The majority of all people have a set religion that they belong to‚ but I have always seen a problem with this‚ for instance‚ what proof is there that there is a god? For those of us who do not believe in god‚ we often
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Individual Vs. State The clash between individual conscience and governmental law is a time-honored struggle of mankind‚ involving the conflict between adhering to civil law and giving allegiance to a higher law‚ or power. Everyone has their own beliefs as to what is moral and immoral. Many people today will oppose the government and sacrifice themselves because of their personal belief that certain laws are unjust. Gandhi‚ the leading advocate for independence in India‚ demonstrated this when
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Doric columns are fairly simple‚ and Corinthian columns are detailed and adorned with acanthus leaves. The reasoning behind this may be that the ancient Romans wished for their temples to be ornate and highly intricate buildings worthy of honouring their gods and emperors. What could be seen on the outside of the temple may even been more important than what could
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or any other animal derived food from their diet. However‚ within the generalized term "vegetarian" come numerous different forms of the lifestyle‚ each classified based on the degree to which animal products are excluded from their diet and the reasoning such as ethical‚ religious‚ health. The different groups of vegetarianism fall along an imaginary spectrum‚ with semi-vegetarians‚ who are often excluded entirely due to behaviors conflicting with the practice‚ on one end of the spectrum and at the
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Frankenstein VS Planet of the Apes: A Frightful Showdown Humans as a species like to experiment with the world around them and push the limits of any known law. As a result‚ the human race is constantly toying with the everlasting puzzle: What is life and how can it be manipulated? Through many realistic fiction stories—such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Rise of the Planet of the Apes—the general public is able to take a look into how far the human mind wants to go. Both stories use technology
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but a constitutional issue as well. Several cases have been fought for the right to choose. Many of these cases have been hard cases with extremely personal feelings attached to them. One of the most important cases that involve abortion is Roe vs. Wade. This case took place in 1973. The state of Texas had outlawed abortions. The Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional. On
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Empiricist philosophers such as John Locke believe that knowledge must come from experience. Others philosophers such as Descartes believe that knowledge is innate; this way of thinking is used by rationalist. In this paper I will discuss the difference between Descartes rationalism in his essays "The Meditations" and Locke’s empiricism in his essays "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding". I will then lend my understanding as to what I believe as the ultimate source of knowledge. Locke
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