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… aimlessly searching for a purpose in life. What does one person has to offer in this hectic and testing world? Many people ask this question every day. What can person possibly do to make a difference in anyone's life including their own? In all…

… 15, 2003 Metaphysics <Tab/>In philosophy, a term known as metaphysics, referred to the writings of Aristotle nearly three centuries after his death. Metaphysics is the area of philosophy that attempts to understand the basic nature of…

… 21, 2003 Morality and Sociological views of philosophy Moral and social philosophy, also known as the field of ethics, involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Philosophers today frequently divide ethical…

… 29, 2003 The World of Political Philosophy <Tab/>The business of world affairs as we know it today is based on political endeavors of peace, war, economics, and government. When most people think of politics, they envision electoral…

… people in American history from their contributions. By being able to learn both of these views when growing up in a society that seems to only focus on the positive roles children in the school system will not make similar mistakes. Perhaps by…

… constitutes the fundamental reality, has taken several distinct but related forms. Objective idealism accepts common sense Realism (the view that material objects exist) but rejects Naturalism (according to which the mind and spiritual values have…

… to two types of data: the data of sense, and the data of consciousness. He feels that the data of consciousness, or one's experience of the working of one's own mind be a part of one's research and be made available to the sense through reading and…

… humans who were living in the bottom of an underground cave. The humans were restricted in every way that they were chained to prevent them from looking towards the top of the cave where the exit and a fire was found. The fire by the exit made it…

… Marx for an understanding of patterns of inequality in modern industrialised societies. The cornerstone of Marx's class theory is the premise that "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles". He perceived society…

… advantage to black Americans, women and other minorities who have suffered from the effects of social injustice in our country. Majorities have constantly opposed affirmative action because they view it as an injustice directed to them. In Grutter v…