Interview With Clergymen For my report I interviewed Father Charles, a priest at my local church. My assignment was to find out about the priest’s views on sexuality. After interviewing the priest and asking a variety of questions regarding sexuality, I found that his answers were often contradicting to traditional views. Many times the Father’s views differed from those of the Cathol

Jack Danielsh Jack Daniel’s is a type of whiskey which contains alcohol, a drug that in moderate amounts can cause a euphoric feeling in the individual who consumed the drug. Large amounts, however, lead to nausea, decreased coordination, and alcohol poisoning. Daniel has consumed enough Jack Daniel’s that he has ended up with a case of alcohol poisoning (which is harmful). He has con

Into The Dreams Into the Dreams: An Analytical Approach to Dreams and Escapism in Milan Kundera’s “Life is Elsewhere” To dream a dream. What is more of an escape' Dreams are the human means to escape the confusion of life – the climax of relaxation is depicted as a wondrous sleep, disturbed only by the passing dream which casually floats through the mind. After a hard day of battlin

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, he expresses his opinions on the basis of thought through eudaimonia and arete. Eudaimonia is the goal of human conduct, or telos in Greek. In English, Eudaimonia translates into happiness, but Aristotle uses it as a well being through prospering and flourishing. To achieve this “prospering and flourishing,” one needs s

Investigating Moral Constraints Investigating Moral Constraints In the Eyes of the Beholder: In order to be financially successful, an entertainer must be an ever-changing fantasy. Trying to please everyone becomes a vicious self-defeating circle. When fulfilling this demand, one must actually become that fantastical person each night at work; then try to go home and erase that charac

The Progressive Era The Progressive Era was a period in which Progressives sought to re-establish the marketplace amongst poor people. In effect they would be able to consume more and elevate the “strain” of their dependency on both the progressives and elitist. Though it was evident that their plight was mainly for their own benefit it made people more aware that they could have some ki

Job - The Whiner Loyalty and Suffering: The Question of the Loyalty of Friends and the Suffering of the Loyal The idea of justice and good people suffering is a point first brought up in the Old Testament in the Book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah is the first author in the Bible to question God’s allowance of good people to suffer and bad people to prosper. Jeremiah was punished for speaking the

Aristotle And Confucius: Philosophical Differences Aristotle once said, “Man is by nature a political animal.” While this may be true, men are by no means bound to agree with one another regarding politics. In Confucius’ book The Analects and in Socrates’ book Crito, these philosophers offer differing solutions to the problems of their countries by addressing the areas of right conduct

Jean Francois Lyotard The age of social, political and cultural cartographers is past, so say the Postmodernists. Mapping the terrains of reality, plunging to ontological depths can be left to those who want to cling to comforting fairy tales, either through rhetoric or reason. Like every ideology or ism, postmodernism has its heroes. But unlike modernism, they are one too many here.

Justice (from The Oresteia) In The Oresteia, after Orestes is bidden by the god Apollo to kill his mother, the gods known as the Furies sentence him to be haunted. Due to the opposition of the wills of the gods, there was a divine trial, and the outcome was to be wagered by a jury of twelve men and the court’s judge, the wisest goddess Athena. The nature of conflicting divinity clearly

Justice In The Eyes Of The Beholder In my mind, justice or injustice has to pertain to the person and their decision they make. Some people believe that men live unjust lives because they fear the consequences that will come with living that lifestyle. I think that the best life to live is the one where you make little mistakes and when you do make one, make sure that you don’t ever ma

Kant If there has been one thing that I have learned this semester in philosophy it is to never be satisfied with what you already know. That is why I have chosen to do my final paper on Immanuel Kant. He is a philosopher who we did not talk about at all this semester in class, but none the less his contributions are immense. I did not want to write the typical paper on Aristotle or

Kant Karl Marx is often remembered as a critic of capitalism and nothing more. The truth is that though he did criticize capitalism, he still used parts of a capitalist society to infer his theories on classes in society as well as individual responsibilities. He accepts the jobs that must be done in order for a society to exist but uses a different method for completing the tasks. Ma

Justice What is Justice' Justice is not present in any one person. Justice appears to be present only in consensus or agreement. There is no just, justice, only the presence of action and consequence for persons in an agreement regarding their concept of justice. Justice is only just to those who have conformed to their idea of justice and have helped to create it. Those who are effec

Justice Justice as a concept in the abstract and justice within the context of government, are two entirely different entities. Justice in the abstract is some theoretical point of balance between crime and punishment. In the world which we live I don’t feel anyone who is fit to judge how many years of a man’s life a given crime is worth. No one is qualified to bring down that or any ot

Kant And Freedom Critically discuss Kant’s understanding of freedom. ‘The concept of freedom is the stone of stumbling for all empiricists, but at the same time the key to the loftiest practical principles for critical moralists, who perceive by its means that they must necessarily proceed by a rational method.’ ---- Kant, Critique of Practical Reason, Preface Immanuel Kant was b

Kant Kant 1. Thoroughly explain Kant’s understanding of morality, and identify at least two weaknesses of his moral theory. (Be sure to mention and explain the concepts of the Categorical Imperative, deontology, the role of reason, autonomy vs. heteronomy, whether the consequences of actions relate to their moral praiseworthiness). According to Kant, morality is a priori. That is, mor

Kant Vs Mill The goal of a philosopher is to come up with a theory that will be able to be applied in the world and prove to be successful. Ethical philosophers such as Aristotle, Mill, and Kant think of ways to better the world through morality in people. They form ideas that will be helpful in dealing with ethical issues of the world that are controversial and can be approached in ma

KANT VS MILLS Immanuel Kant simply stated the creed of the enlightenment: “Dare to know,” (Kant 1). To thinkers like Kant, to achieve enlightenment was to “gain release from…self-incurred tutelage…[the] inability to make use of [one’s] understanding without direction from another,” (Kant 1). Enlightenment thinkers addressed this issue. They present to us the question; why is it so hard t

Buddha "Complexity and Clarity: The Bible Versus The Teachings of The Buddha" The teachings of Buddha make more sense to me than the Bible. I find that over-all the teachings of Buddha have a greater relevance to my life, and Buddhism helps me live a more simplified life, which in turn, makes me a happier and healthier person. The Bible does not help me in these same regards. In this p

Kant And Descartes The rationalist Descartes and the empiricist Hume Descartes is a rational thinker and he rationalizes through his studies that nothing in the world is known. I will briefly discuss the three meditations of Descartes. Hume is an empiricist who attempts to explain things based on cause and effect, true or false. I will briefly discuss Hume’s cause and effect theor

John Locke It is said in the state of war that by declaring war against someone is allowing the opportunity for his life to be taken away. It also states that one has the right to destroy anything that one is threatened by (which is from the state of nature). Power is the main idea that connects war and slavery. According to Locke, when one’s power is taken away he is vulnerable. If,

John Locke And The Declaration Of Independence John Locke was an English philosopher who lived in the late 17th century. A writer of political principle books, Locke was greatly influenced by the beliefs of Thomas Hobbes, another English philosopher. John Locke believed people live in anarchy, that is a “state of nature.” People needed and chose a leader. Mr. Locke’s writings stated

Law: Gideon Vs Wainright Law: Gideon vs Wainright The framers formed this country with one sole document, the Constitution, which they wrote with great wisdom and foresight. This bountiful wisdom arose from the unjust treatment of King George to which the colonists were subject. Among these violations of the colonists' rights were inequitable trials that made a mockery of j

Lawyers And Their Role In America Opinion: The Legal System; as it relates to Law in American Society In general the legal system in America seems to work very well. When Bill Clinton first came into office his first term, we had a higher crime rate than we do now. While he was in office Bill Clinton enforced revolutionary laws, and actions to support a growing economy and a declining

Managing Change Managing Change 2 Managing Change Introduction As companies continue to strive for excellence, the need for change becomes more and more of a factor. Managing this change becomes crucial for everyone, both in the public sector and in the private sector. Planning for change requires companies to understand the barrier or roadblocks presented within their department

Twelve Angry Men Angry Men Paper The jury member I chose to do my paper on was Mr. Davis (the member who voted not guilty first), because he used many task messages, did not allow physical factors to affect his decisions, and was a successful emergent leader at some points in the case.These three points made Mr. Davis a very effective communicator. Using task messages made Davis effectiv

Miss INTRODUCTION AUCTIONS Auctions are a good way to sell a commodity that doesn’t have a fixed or determined value – i.e. when the seller is unsure of the price that can be achieved (As the goods are of undetermined quality). So the on-line auction can simply be a process of putting buyers and sellers in touch with each other, with the seller then transporting the goods to the s

Macbeth - Consequences Macbeth Thesis Essay Consequences are an intricate part of our day-to-day lives; they are the result of our every action and are our only real benchmark for right and wrong. Macbeth experienced many consequences in his rise to power and his subsequent descent. Because Macbeth was of the opinion that he was not accountable for his acti

Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Essay PART 1- During adolescence many important and tragic events occur. All of them evoke some type of emotion and at times it gets confusing what exactly is going on. This is why the teenage experience can be defined as a whirlwind of emotions. Love, friendship, betrayal, deceit these are just a few of the many emotions that race through a teenagers be