Quinton Embray 1/25/15 Philosophy 101 Mr. French Introduction to Philosophy Paper #1 During Socrates’ death sentence in prison‚ Critos’ had a few reasons in explaining to Socrates’ to escape from prison. The first reason‚ Critos’ gave Socrates’ was to think of his children that he still had a responsibility to raise. In which‚ Socrates’ was leaving behind an oldest who was a young man‚ a middle child who was a little boy‚ and the youngest child who was still a baby at the time. Looking threw‚ Critos’
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include; the social contract‚ importance of morals not governed and the prisoner’s dilemma theory. Throughout my argument I will refer to Thomas Hobbes’ idea of social contract theory explained in depth in James Rachels’ book The Elements of Moral Philosophy as it is an important concept in understanding the view of psychological egoism. Additionally‚ I will also discuss Peter Singer’s view point on acting morally from his book Practical Ethics. Having morals in society is very important to our
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Melissa Carter Discussion Board: Knowledge Development in Nursing. When I first started as a nurse‚ I never took much thought about how philosophy has impacted the knowledge development in nursing. Now‚ after reading these articles and learning about the theorists; I can see that both have had an influential voice in nursing. According to Kim (1999)‚ “knowledge development in nursing is obtained through descriptive‚ reflective‚ and criticizing ourselves. We strive to correct and improve
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Plato’s allegory of the cave began with a description of a dark scene which included a group of individuals who lived in that cave since birth and knew nothing of the outside world. These individuals were confined and restricted to the point where they could not turn to their sides or look to see what was behind them‚ but could only look forward. There was no natural light seeping in‚ the walls were damp and dark‚ and all these individuals could picture or see came from shadows that were thrown on
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In Boethius’s work The Consolation of Philosophy‚ Boethius uses the character Lady Philosophy to present the argument that justice is always served in that “the good are always rewarded and the wicked always punished” (81). I support that the argument is sound and valid through evaluation‚ then I continue by extrapolating Boethius’s reasoning to understand that although the nature of true reward is singular‚ the nature of punishment is diverse. Boethius presents his claim on the nature of good‚
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Ong Jun Hui(18) 3G Philosophy Creative Assignment: Anticipating possible negative consequences or weaknesses of the proposed political system In the leadership of any political system‚ there will always be possible weaknesses. Therefore‚ it is necessary to anticipate these possible weaknesses or problems and try to correct them as much as possible. Concerning our proposed political system‚ which is aristocracy‚ several flaws or negative consequences may arise. Firstly‚ the leaders are divorced
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university for this honor with a few words of advice; but I have never heard a commencement speech in person. Anyways‚ I will begin my address. In the short amount of time that you have been on this planet‚ you have been educated upon the sociopolitical philosophy of individualism‚ which advocates independence‚ self-reliance‚ self-interest‚ and almost anything that has to do with you. I am not going to argue that these attributes are not beneficial—because they are. However‚ these qualities are often polarizing
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EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY The subject of philosophy has always been divided along two lines of thinking – the eastern and the western. Though each line is concerned with finding the right path to follow‚ the methodology and teachings of the philosophers from either line of thinking has been distinct and different. This paper aims to examine the ideas of one eastern and one western philosopher – Confucius and Socrates respectively and compare the two for similarities and differences. One
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The point allocation for each academic subrank and the salary grade thereof shall be as follow: FACULTY RANK | SUBRANK | SALARY GRADE | POINT BRACKET | Instructor | I | 12 | 65 and below | | II | 13 | 66-76 | | III | 14 | 77-87 | | | | | Ass. Professor | I | 15 | 88-96 | | II | 16 | 97-105 | | III | 17 | 106-114 | | IV | 18 | 115-123 | | | | | Asso. Professor | I | 19 | 124-130 | | II | 20 | 131-137 | | III | 21 | 138-144 | | IV | 22 | 145-151 | | V
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Running head: PERSONAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT Personal Education Philosophy Statement Benny L. Calloway University of Phoenix Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction CUR558 Dr. Steve Deutsch October 15‚ 2008 Personal Education Philosophy Statement Today’s diverse philosophical world is a microcosm of today’s diverse-student population. These means that our beliefs‚ our philosophies‚ even our values may affect many aspects of our lives. Those aspects of our lives may
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