Philosophy Essays

A: Plato believed that humans could be broken down into 3 parts: the body, the mind and the soul. The body is the physical part of the body that is only concerned with the material world, and through which we are able to experience the world we live in. it …

Representative Realism (like direct realism) states that the world consists of material objects that occupy space, and that these material objects possess properties that exist independently of a perceiver. However, unlike the direct realist, the representative realist would claim that we cannot directly perceive objects as they really are, independent …

The Irish Nationalists of 1848 held clear aims, they wanted independence for Ireland from Britain, they wanted to establish their own government, to gain fixity of tenure, increase fair rent and free trade. The methods in which they attempted to successfully reach those aims are the use of violence, the …

Kant places good will at the centre of ethics, and in doing so; went beyond anything ever written before. For Kant, the supreme thing on earth is the development of a good will, and to act from a sense of duty. Kant believed that good will is the only thing …

A traditional Catholic or natural law approach would argue that suicide goes against the idea of humanity as the ‘faithful steward’ of life given by God. The Catholic Church considers euthanasia as ethically wrong; this deontological viewpoint has always taught the absolute and unchanging value of the commandment ‘You shall …

Agent Smyth: Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you’re fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it …

Truth can be defined as something that is proven with the use of evidences to be right. Evidence is a reason to believe a theory; with more evidence, the theory is more likely to be true and it would be easier to persuade someone that the theory is true. Science …

The Tudor period commenced with the ascension of Henry VII to the throne in 1485 and ceased with the death of his granddaughter Elizabeth I in 1603, who left no children. During these times the population of Britain nearly doubled, leading to food shortages, unemployment and price rises. For many …

Apparently if you go back through history, as far back as you can, as far back as we have records, you will find evidence of people selling sex for personal gain. It seems that prostitution has been around for a very long time and that the sex industry was thriving …

The book, A Future Perfect by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, accentuates the fast approaching phenomenon of globalization, which is the ideal term for describing the process of human modernization through interaction and development. It provides various examples of how globalization has contributed positively to our world. The examples provided …