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… a few are stubbornly fighting against the nearly intangible enemy that is terrorism, others are suffering. The question is whom should we trust, and who is doing the right thing? What about George W. Bush and his greedy friends? To be well-informed…

… Might this formula - or a more sophisticated version of it - actually determine what we believe to be true? Repetition is our way of learning knowledge. Repetition is drilling something to memory, reinforcing the idea in our heads. It is the key…

… may not always be the ones that bring immediate pleasure. For him, a person's goals in life should be happiness and complete moral and physical excellence. However, Aristotle's views of excellence are subjective and can not be written in stone. A person…

… for Utilitarianism, outlining the basic tenants of its philosophy and the problems that can occur while using it as a basis for moral living. It will outline, evaluate, and dismiss three different strands; act utilitarianism, rule utilitarianism and…

… Geneva, Switzerland. His mother died shortly after his birth (Chew). When Rousseau was ten, his father fled from Geneva to avoid imprisonment for a minor offense, leaving young Jean-Jacques to be raised by an aunt and uncle. Rousseau left Geneva at 16,…

… is the very essence of reality. The capacity to love is obtainable to every human being, and it is a vital thing because it lies deeply at the core of basic human need. Have you ever held a newborn child in your arms, or felt the touch of your loved…

… when an alien spaceship flies over and abducts him. He finds himself lying on a table, above him is a large alien fellow explaining his current situation. The gist of it is that young alien larvae are being implanted into his intestines, where they…

… higher education, but these may change depending on each individual student. However many distinct reasons there may be, the majority of them can be grouped into five broad categories. The first of these categories relates to money, the second is the…

… intrigues me about the concept of a worldview is that once you gain a grasp on it and feel like you understand it, you realize the flaws in it and decide to change it. Though the changes may be subtle in the immediate sense, over a long period of time…

… from happening. It is the adjustment from experience after observing the results of many abuses of absolute power from history monarchs. Surprisingly, when reasoning to the origin of a politic system with Thomas Hobbes' method of science, one can conclud…