Essays and Research Papers on More Philosophers

This 4 page paper examines the two movements and argues that modernism is more revolutionary. Two sources by Nietzsche are used in the analysis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper examines various works to determine just what personal identity is. Spiritual, psychological and physical models are presented. Kafka and Darwin are two theorists included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 9 page paper which looks at the theories of Locke and Rousseau in relation to the concept of the minimum wage, and considers which of these theorists would have supported the concept and which would have rejected it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page research paper that discusses the development of existentialism and phenomenology as a reaction to the philosophy of Hegel. The writer defines both terms and offers a brief introduction to their historical development and tenets. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper examines the concept of extortion using a case study submitted by a student. Whether extortion should be illegal is contemplated. The social contract is discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 4 page paper draws on original works to explore the positions of Aristotle and Mill on the subject of virtue. Friendship is also an issue discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 8 page paper examines the idea of happiness according to Freud and Rousseau. Happiness is discussed in general and related to each of the theorists' works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper examines Mill's idea about motive. Several examples are provided in which to evaluate whether or not motive matters in respect to morality. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page research paper that answers questions about Buddhism and the Utilitarian philosophy of John Stuart Mill. These answers serve to outline the fundamental precepts of each philosophy and personal evaluations of each are offered by the writer. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the Allegory of the Cave by Plato and works by Sartre as they relate to inspiration for searching out one’s identity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the film "The Matrix" through the lens of Rene Descartes' philosophical meditations on the nature of reality and fantasy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper briefly discusses the relationship between Thoreau and Emerson, and how Thoreau's work relates to the current War in Iraq. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the romantic hero as presented by Ralph Waldo Emerson in The Transcendentalist. No additional sources cited.

This 8 page paper discusses the philosophical ideas of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Maimonides with regard to the idea of a perfect city, and how their ideas differ.

This 8 page paper looks at the Sartre play No Exit. Various aspects of existentialism are discussed. Some of the author's other works are referenced Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper consists of abstracts for two of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays, "Self-Reliance" and "The American Scholar," and Henry David Thoreau's "Walden." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper describes utilitarian theories of ethics, some of the philosophers who have contributed to thinking in this area, and their theories. It also describes some of the ethical consequences of supporting the positions they have taken. The paper also takes a current news item and evaluates it for assumptions, using standards of ...

A 4 page research paper that concerns a scenario in which an artist creates a work that incorporates two feathered wings gleaned from road-kill. The wings are left to dry, tied to a rafter and when the artist returns finds that they were not as clean as they appeared to be and were, in ...

This 4 page paper discusses Bertrand Russell's idea that the sense of a proper name is equivalent to a description of the object named. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Walter Benjamin's theory of historical materialism and relates it to the film "Hiroshima Mon Amour." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines living simply as seen through quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper considers this observation: It seems as if Sartre is trying to derive values from facts; but doesn't this stand in direct opposition to his view that we always choose values no matter what the facts? Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the varying viewpoints of Rousseau and Rawls, and what the two philosophers believe to be the basic liberties to which citizens are entitled. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper examines lying and the lying promise as it respects Kantian ethics. This is compared with the Utilitarian position. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page research paper/essay that examines what two articles say about dualism and Descartes and then offers the writer's personal observations. Dualism maintains that the mind and the body are distinctly separate entities (Calef). The dualism espoused by Rene Descartes expresses this philosophy in its "most radical form" (Palmer 114). First by looking at ...