Academic papers on Philosophy

SURVIVOR
This 3 page paper discusses the hypothetical philosophical situation of determining who will live and who will die among survivors stranded together. Bibliography lists 0 sources.
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Rousseau's State of Nature
This 5 page paper examines the author's position on the state of nature. The sate of nature of man is discussed along with the social contract. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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IMMANUEL KANT AND JOHN STUART MILL ON MORALITY AND UTILITARIANISM
This 6 page paper discusses the issues of morality and ethics as offered by Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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The Human Imagination
This 15 page paper examines the concept of imagination. The paper delves into both the disciplines of psychology and philosophy. The concept of imagination is defined and explored historically. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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EXAMPLE PHILOSOPHY PAPER: NIETZSCHE, DOSTOYEVSKY, ZOLA, JUNGER
This 28 page paper discusses the philosphies of Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Zola and Junger as they apply to the areas of self, war, feminism, culture, truth, and technology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Islamic Death Penalty
Monshipouri & Motameni (2000) state there used to be two reasons for the death penalty in Islam, adultery and apostasy. With some pressure from world authorities and evolution of women
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Plato - Views Of The Divine
This 3 page paper addresses these questions: What is the Sophists' view of the Divine, Plato's view, did Plato believe in one God or many gods, is divinity anthropomorphic, and does the idea of God exclude evil. The paper ends with the writer's own...
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An Evaluation of World Hunger Using Kantian Ethics
This 6 page paper addresses the problem of world hunger. Much of the paper examines and explains Kant's theories such as good will and the categorical imperative. The latter is used as a mandate to end world hunger. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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St. Augustine and the Trinity
A 14 page paper which discusses Augustine
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Plato's Critique of Democracy:
This 5 page paper examines the scathing critique that Plato delivers in regards to democracy, calling upon his ideas about justice, morality and tripartite theory in order to illustrate his position. This paper also explains his theory on Forms in...
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Foucault/Discipline & Punish
A 3 page essay that analyzes the later part of Foucault's landmark text. The writer argues that when Foucault arrives at the transition from the classical to the modern period in the nineteenth century, he argues persuasively that the modern prison...
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Socrates and The Arts
This 7 page paper examines the life and times of Socrates and how he believed that youth would be corrupted by things such as poetry. Censorship of certain types of poetry and the arts is discussed. Some of the observations are compared to modern...
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The Ideas of Locke and Hobbes
This 3 page paper examines ideas to emanate from some of these theorists' most important works. Various issues posed by a student are addressed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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MARX AND THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
This 5-page paper is a description of Marx's Communist Manifesto, as it defines the proletariat, the bourgeiosie and capitalist markets.
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The Fool Argument
This 10 page paper contemplates the argument of the Fool in Chapter XV of Hobbes' The Leviathan. Many quotes are included. No additional sources cited.
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