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Emmanuel Levinas, 2002.
An examination of a quote by philosoper, Emmanuel Levinas on fighting evil in the world.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 62.95
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It will be argued, contrary to Leibniz and Levinas, that we must not "abandon the world to useless suffering", but rather "accept" the world of evil although struggling and fighting every step of the way. It is this frank acknowledgement of the overwhelming weight of the human condition that gives to this struggle its heroic, mythic qualities.
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The Levinas' Concept of Saying., 2002.
A look at The Levina's "God and Philosophy".
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses how there is a limit to language in some important respects. This paper will examine the limits in this sense as they are articulated and examined in section 17 of his paper titled "God and Philosophy".
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Emmanuel Kant and Lying, 2008.
A comparison of Emmanuel Kant's categorical imperative and utilitarianism with regards to lying.
955 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper discusses Emmanuel Kant's philosophy on lying and compares it to the philosophy of utilitarianism. It describes Kant's categorical imperative and how it can be utilized in a situation that may involve lying. The paper presents a case where there is a question of whether to lie or not and discusses the possible philosophies of how to deal with the dilemma.
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"At first, utilitarianism seems perfect for resolving such a dilemma. The problem is that the utilitarian is focused only on happiness, and happiness in this dilemma is false. The person's happiness also is just temporary and will end sooner or later, anyway. For a person who is faced with such a dilemma, the most helpful idea is Kant's categorical imperative. The reason is that it shows a practical point about human beings. It is not always wrong to lie because sometimes the truth is as bad as or worse than the lie. The only way to make a decision is to ask whether what we will do should be done by all individuals who happen to be faced with the same dilemma. When we are faced with an impossible or really difficult situation, then the categorical imperative provides a means to deal with that dilemma."
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Emmanuel Kant, 2001.
This paper provides an overview of the life and works of the great philosopher Immanuel Kant and will attempt to understand how Kant's philosophy of reasoning deviated and synthesized that of his philosophical predecessors.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, $ 48.95
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This paper provides an overview of the life and works of the great philosopher Immanuel Kant and will attempt to understand how Kant?s philosophy of reasoning deviated and synthesized that of his philosophical predecessors.
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Emmanuel Kant?s name is one of the bywords for intellectual rigor and ethics in philosophy. But an equally important part of the body of his work is Kant as a great synthesizer of the great philosophical writers of the pre-existing period. Rather than concentrate on Kant?s ethical judgements, this paper will attempt to understand how Kant?s philosophy of reasoning deviated and synthesized that of his philosophical predecessors. Such an understanding will better enable a reader to understand Kant?s ethical imperatives and the reasoning behind them
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".. Face Hath Felt the Winter's Wind", 2005.
This paper is a metaphysical investigation of Keats's sonnet, "O Thou Whose Face Hath Felt the Winter's Wind," as related to the philosophical texts by Hegel and Emmanuel Levinas.
2,980 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper explains that John Keats in his sonnet ,"O Thou Whose Face Hath Felt the Winter's Wind," has two ontological entities, the speaker or "I", and the addressed, or the "thou". The author points out that Hegel is reluctant to say what he says because he finds the language of the world of appearance to be necessarily reductive; but, in the Keats's poem, the addressed seems to be a more settled version of Hegel's blind man, or man with sight, as he or she has taken hold of the abundant wealth of the supersensible beyond. The paper concludes that Keats's sonnet affirms nothing but doubt, both doubt in the autonomous self and doubt in the existence of a beyond that is anything more than a projected human construct.
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"A common association with darkness is ignorance. Indeed, the phrase "in the dark" is often used when saying someone lacks knowing on an issue. Keats points to this assumption of darkness as ignorance when the speaker of the poem declares proudly and in defiance of common sense, "O fret not after knowledge! I have none." This non-knowing couched in darkness elsewhere could be an exclamation of ignorance, but here represents something different. It is a non-knowing knowledge of that which is outside the realm of conventional human understanding. The transcendent quality of knowledge in the poem is maintained by the binary of sense perception (seeing the trees, cloud tops) and abstractness (the light of darkness)."
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Controversial Issues Concerning Abortion, 2007.
A discussion of the issues surrounding the abortion debate from the side of the mother, as well as the fetus.
2,189 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper presents a general overview of some of the controversial issues surrounding the abortion debate. The paper is divided into three parts which present different sides of the debate. It discusses the issue from the view-point of the fetus, as well as the mother and gives arguments for and against both sides. The paper concludes with the author's personal view-point.
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Part 2
Emmanuel Kant
John Stuart Mill
John Rawls
Levinas
Part 3
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"Levinas' account of the primacy of ethics - of the absolute responsibility in the face of the other can be considered a theory that argues against abortion. According to Levinas, moral principles are derived from the acts of relatedness and care essential to human life. The Other does not at all limit our freedom, it calls it to responsibility, founds it and justifies it. Abortion in such an approach as Levinas puts forward is wrong as it is a refusal to meet the Other and suggests the lack of responsibility. Ethics is an act of commitment. So is the encounter with the other, therefore, abortion should be prohibited."
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Ethics of Care, 2006.
A look at the philosophy of Emmanuel Kant and Aristotle in relation to the ethics of care.
1,317 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses philosophers such as Emmanuel Kant and Aristotle, who wrote extensively on ethics and how to live within society. The paper goes on to discuss other general philosophies of ethics such as the currently accepted ethics of care and more traditional systems such as the social contract.
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"Kant's distinction between ethics and self-interest appears to be of interest in this particular case. For this philosopher, the conflict between what an individual wants and ought to do, lies in the fact that morality is seldom as spontaneous as self-gratification (Online Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy). Going to the trouble of helping a person in need is less spontaneous than looking the other way or serving some other, more self-involved interest.
When looking honestly at my situation from my own position of self-interest, I must admit that the thought of turning my friend in does not appeal to a large degree because I would like to continue my friendship with him. It is also much more pleasant to live in an environment without a "witch" making things difficult all the time. Thirdly, turning him in would mean going through a large amount of trouble in terms of police questioning, red tape and personal guilt. "
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The Holocaust, 2007.
This paper discusses an excerpt written by Emmanuel Ringelblum in the book 'The Holocaust: A Reader'.
1,693 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 54.95
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In this article, the writer examines one of the excerpts presented in 'The Holocaust: A Reader', that appears to be an excerpt from the diary of Emmanuel Ringelblum. The writer explains that it is assumed that Ringelblum was a resident of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. The writer discusses that the diary gives some interesting historical information about life inside the Jewish ghettos. The writer concludes that the reader is unaware of whether Ringelblum died in the ghetto, was shipped to a concentration camp where he was killed, survived life in the concentration camp, or survived the war without further incident. However, the reader is aware that Ringelblum's life was severely disrupted and harmed by his time in the ghetto.
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"Furthermore, Ringelblum makes it clear that it was not only the Gestapo who participated in the oppression of Jews in the ghetto. For example, Ringelblum describes the activities of the Polish police in the ghetto. Rather than working to keep Jews safe or resolve disputes, the Polish police ended up being in charge of anti-smuggling operations. However, rather than actually discouraging smuggling, the Polish officers profited off of the misery of those in the ghetto, by requiring bribes from the smugglers. Even children were required to bribe police officers in order to obtain food and necessities."
"However, Ringelblum also makes it clear that Jews were aware of the part that they played in the German war machine. Jews in the Warsaw ghetto were expected to contribute to the war effort by restoring or sewing uniforms for Nazi soldiers. Those who did not contribute in that manner were exterminated. Furthermore, Ringelblum observed Nazi propaganda. The Gestapo would stage incidents of violence by Jews or Poles against Jews, and have photos of the Gestapo stopping such violence."
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Best-Selling Non-Fiction Books, 1993.
A discussion of four books on the Middle Ages: "Chaucer" by Donald Howard, "Inventing the Middle Ages" by Norman Cantor, "Montaillou" by Emmanuel Lafurie and "A Distant Mirror" by Barbara Tuchman and possible reasons for their popularity.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 9 sources, $ 79.95
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"Publishing is a business dependent on the vagaries of public taste, and the best-seller list is the goal for every book published. Achieving sales sufficient to reach the best-seller list is difficult, and it seems to many people like only certain kinds of books get on that list, books with a broad appeal, certainly, which also might mean books that appeal to the sort of "lowest common denominator" that rules television. Yet, clearly this is not the case, since books of widely divergent types on subjects that might be considered difficult and even esoteric have become major best-sellers. The four books discussed here are all non-fiction books but are also from very different fields, and none of them involves subject matter that can be considered of broad appeal on its face or of immediate interest in the way a book on a current subject might be. Donald R."
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The First and Second Formulations of Kant's "Categorical Imperative", 2001.
This paper explores the first and second formulations of Emmanuel Kant's "Categorical Imperative" and cites evidence that the two can indeed work together, contrary to prominent interpretation.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 60.95
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This paper is centrally interested in the definition of "objectivity" in the work of E. Kant, particularly in relation to his first first and second formulations of the categorical imperative. This paper explores the conventional interpretation of the notion of objectivity, and then offers a modernized understanding of the term.
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"This essay holds that the application of the first and second formulations of Kant?s moral doctrine the categorical imperative?the purpose of which is to determine the morality of human action?can and must be applied in conjunction. When applied in conjunction, it is shown that the two formulations prohibit and enjoin the same actions for the same reason. First, this essay explores the conventional interpretation of the first and second formulations of the categorical imperative. After mentioning the primary fault of this interpretation?namely, the confusion surrounding the interpretation of the terms ?objective? or ?objectivity?? a new interpretation is suggested."
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Writing of Simone de Beauvoir., 2002.
A literary review of Simone de Beauvoir's works including 'Memoires of a Dutiful Daughter', 'The Second Sex' and 'A Very Gentle Death'.
2,124 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper offers a detailed analysis of Beauvoir's writing with particular reference to 'Memoires of a Dutiful Daughter', 'The Second Sex' and 'A Very Gentle Death'. It examines the question of Beauvoir's complicity in a patriarchal society and draws on the criticism of Levinas, Judith Butler and Toril Moi. This paper discusses that much radical-seeming women?s writing in modern France is produced under the uncriticized influence of patriarchal ideology.
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"Despite persistent attempts, Beauvoir?s writing belies inclusion in any definition of ?women?s writing?, if such a genre can be said to exist, beyond one that simply refers to writing that has been undertaken by a woman. Whilst her position as a woman informs her writing and occupies much of her thinking, she is not situating herself within a concept of ?women?s writing? and nor indeed can her readers pigeonhole her so easily. Her writing remains solely her own, whatever it may owe to her gender. Having said that, women dominate her texts, male-female relations dominate her philosophical outlook and her situation as a woman who is acutely aware of the role society expects her to perform clearly dominates her attitude towards life. Beauvoir struggled with the limitations of her position as a woman and when she was confronted with the disadvantages and prejudices facing women she vented her anger through her writing. Despite the obvious frustrations felt by Beauvoir, however, her critics have suggested that, far from attacking and undermining the patriarchal ideologies to which she objected, she in fact came to subscribe to them. In other words, she became as complicit through her writing as the women she herself criticised in society as a whole because she sought to radically overturn the perceptions of women but never lived up to the promise of her aim."
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Torture and Morality, 2007.
This paper discusses the moral issue of torture and human rights.
1,203 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper relates that different organizations, governments and people hold different philosophies by which they designate actions as either moral or immoral. The paper discusses how Emmanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill and Thomas Hobbes argue that morality is unique to the person in question and can be based on any number of criteria. The paper shows how just as there is no consensus among philosophers as to the nature of morality, there is no clear consensus over torture. The paper looks at the current international laws regarding human rights.
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"Recent historical events suggest that an evaluation of torture is apt in timing. To begin with, the terrorist acts that occurred on September 11, 2001 'dramatically demonstrated the destructive power that terrorist cells were capable of wielding on U.S. soil.' Terrorism is an unconventional form of warfare that calls for unconventional forms of response. The scale on which the terrorist attacks of September 11 wreaked their damage was well beyond any that had previously occurred, and beyond what many people believed was possible. If nothing else, these events illustrated the limitations of conventional modes of deterrence. Consequently, a poll of the American public following the attacks revealed that a substantial portion backed torture as a legitimate tool to reduce the likelihood of future terrorist attacks."
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Blake's Religion, 2006.
An analysis of William Blake's religious views and his sources for these opinions.
3,729 words (approx. 14.9 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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This paper outlines the specific religious view of William Blake. It traces Blake's influences to various sources, such as the Christian Bible, Buddhism, and the texts of Emmanuel Swedenborg and John Milton. Its main thesis states that Blake believes that humanity itself holds more importance than the traditional view of God as creator, lawmaker, and punisher. The paper makes use of many primary and secondary sources.
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"When reading the works of William Blake, it quickly becomes apparent that the texts are rife with Blake's strong opinions on social issues, especially those on religion. As rebellious as Blake proved to be, it is not surprising that he made it a point to rail against any religion that would impose restriction on the human imagination through any sort of rule, dogma, or rationale. Blake's own belief draws from two fundamental Christian ideas, those of divinity in man (as in Jesus Christ) and the importance of forgiveness of sins. Blake uses these principles to back up his personal opinion, which holds humanity to be the center of the universe, not God; this is hinted at in many of Blake's works, and is fully realized in arguably his greatest achievement, Jerusalem."
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Moral Epistemology, 2004.
This paper discusses the views on moral epistemology of G.E. Moore, W.D. Ross, John Rawls, and Richard Mervyn Hare.
1,705 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines the viewpoints of each of the philosophers -- G.E. Moore, W.D. Ross, John Rawls and Richard Mervyn Hare -- who, at some point in their various writings, ask: How do we know what is right and correct, and how do we act upon the answer to this question? The author points out that, to varying degrees, all of these philosophers write against, and yet ,in response to the popular theories of utilitarianism and the earlier postulate of Kantian moral absolutism as embodied in the categorical imperative, but no one agrees with John Stewart Mill or Emmanuel Kant. The paper relates that, in contrast to Ross and Moore, Rawls believes that it is possible to reach some categorical generalization about society as a whole when individual rights are in conflict.
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G.E. Moore
W.D. Ross
John Rawls
Richard Mervyn Hare
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"The philosopher Mervyn Hare was later to expand upon this idea that dealing with this values/factual distinction. He accepted both philosophers notions that these catagorizations were important in making moral determinations. However, unlike Ross, Hare advances a non-cognitively based ethical theory. Hare suggests that although there may not be pre-existing moral codes pre-existing or outside of the cognitive structures of the human mind, there is a need within a societal framework for moral assertions to prescribe codes in a universal fashion that makes them binding upon every human being."
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