Academic papers on Philosophy

Freedom in Society
This 5 page paper uses Mill's On Liberty to discuss the concept of freedom. Virtue is also discussed in the context of freedom. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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POINT OF DEPARTURE
This 5 page paper discusses the works of St. Benedict, Thomas More, and Tommaso Campanella as well as Plato, compares and contrats all of them. quotes and cites. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Radical Skepticism vs. Contextualism
5 pages. Radical skepticism is that which implies that anyone who claims to know some objective proposition that they are incorrect. Contextualism on the other hand implies that those who claim to know objective propositions are false they still...
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The Power of Corruption: Obey, Struggle or Revolt?
5 pages. Many people respect intellect over stupidity even if it means turning to crime. For some reason those that are intelligent are admired whether they are on the side of good or evil. Balzac, for instance, makes a case that in a society...
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The Meaning of Enlightenment
This 5 page paper considers positions on the subject by Kant and Ransom and argues that in order to achieve enlightenment, one must be spiritually connected to a higher power and that no man can get in the way. Frederick Douglass and Rousseau are...
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What is Democracy?
14 pages. Introduces some of the original thoughts of our forefathers as well as philosophers in defining such issues as democracy and individualism. This country was based on individual freedoms and by defining individualism we discover the true...
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Mill and Kant on Moral Freedom:
This 6 page paper discusses the views of Mill and Kant in terms of human freedom. This paper examines how an individual arrives at human freedom and what that means. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Relevance of Socrates
This 5 page paper provides an overview of the life of Socrates and his contributions to society. Much of the paper talks about the relevance of his influence in today's world. The Socratic method is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Descartes/Third Meditation & Existence of God
A 5 page research paper that discusses the argument for the existence of God presented in Renes Descartes in his third mediation from his work Meditations on First Philosophy. The writer also discusses the differences between ontological and...
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John Rawls
This is a 20 page paper discussing the political philosophies of John Rawls and their applications in today
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THE VIEWS OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS AND EPICTETUS
This paper compares the philosophies of St. Thomas Aquinas and Epictetus about God, nature and the universe. The thesis is that, although these two men were born in different times, their beliefs in the divine and natural order were similar....
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Two Essays on the Philosophy of Nietzsche
This 5 page paper examines Nietzsche's ideas about God, and the good versus evil debate, in two separate essays. Kant's ideas are touched on as well. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Augustine/Plato/Life Accounts & Learning
A 7 page research paper that examines the structure of Augustine of Hippo's Confessions and Plato's Phaedo can be seen as examples of how in biographical writing, the text and the author can merge, which is discussed in Brian Stock's After...
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Autonomy and The Social Contract
This 5 page paper provides an overview of Rousseau's and Kant's philosophies concerning the social contract, autonomy, free will and so forth. Each of the philosophers' theories are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Descartes's Philosophy of Doubt
This 14 page paper examines and critiques Descartes's philosophy . The dreaming argument is examined as well. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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