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PHILOSOPHY
A Debate between Apologism and Prolongevitism
A Debate between Apologism and Prolongevitism
Introduction
The book “Aging, Death and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry”, is written by Christine Overall. She is Philosophy professor at Queen University. She is the author of five books and co-editor and editor of three. Her famous and prominent book, ...
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PSYCHOLOGY PAPER
Psychology Paper
Psychology Paper
Psychology is the science of mental processes. This discipline analyzes the three dimensions of these processes: cognitive, affective and behavioral. Modern psychology has been responsible for gathering facts about human behavior and experience, organizing and developing a systematic theory for understanding. These studies help explain the behavior ...
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CLEON AND DIODOTUS
Cleon and Diodotus
Cleon and Diodotus
Introduction
Of the political debates in Thucydides' History, one of the most interesting is that between Cleon and Diodotus (Woodruff, p. 85-125). The city of Mytilene had revolted from Athenian domination in 428 B.C. Athens forcibly recovered it, and the assembly voted to ...
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Industrial Revolution
Introduction
From its earliest days late in the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution became an ongoing process that spawned continuous changes in virtually every area of society, first in England, and soon after in the United States and elsewhere (Beard & William, p.139). The Industrial Revolution—perhaps more aptly named industrialization—emerged ...
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FREE WILL
Free Will
Free Will
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The subject of free will tends to target the root of our concept about the nature of human beings and how humans relate to the natural laws and the universe. Are we totally described in terms of deterministic nature of the physical law? Crucial fates imposed ...
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SOCRATES
Participation of Socrates
[Institution Name]
Participation of Socrates
Introduction
Compared to other defections (the Naxos, Thassos, Euboea, Samos, Amphipolis), Thucydides estimated that the Mytilene marks a turning point in the Peloponnesian War. This paper discusses, in light of the assessment of freedom, crime and punishment according to contemporary thinking and the content of epitaphios ...
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Thomas Hobbes
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The 17th Century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is now broadly considered as one of a fistful of really large political philosophers, whose masterwork Leviathan competitors in implication the political writings of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Rawls. Hobbes is well renowned for his early and complicated development of ...
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To Torture or Not to Torture
To Torture or Not to Torture
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The terrible act of torture counts in those activities that cause extreme pains in the ways of forcing someone to say or do something against his or her will. If the person knows about the key information regarding the ...
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ANIMALS INTERESTS
Animals Consciousness, Interests and Rights
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Introduction1
Discussion1
Singer's view1
Regan's View3
Kant's View4
Sagoff's View5
Feinberg's View6
Conclusion8
References10
Animals Consciousness, Interests and Rights
Introduction
Animal Rights is a growing concern for social and moral philosophers. The increase in animal-rights advocacy with an intense concentration on ensuring rights to animals has created a new sphere of application for ...
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James P. Sterba
James P. Sterba
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This paper intends to explore the philosophy work by James P. Sterba. Main focus of this paper is to analyze a passage that is confusing or a little hard to understand. Thus, for this purpose a passage is chosen from James P. Sterba book based on ...