Philosophy Essays

1. Thoreau has a unique perspective on even something like the alphabet. What is that perspective? How does it relate to Emerson’s ideas about conformity? Thoreau believes that you shouldn’t be forced to say the alphabet one particular way. Say it backwards, or start in the middle. Emerson had said, …

The Trolley Problem is set up in two parts. The first part of this problem puts the reader in a passive position to choose between shoving a large person onto the track causing one person to die to save the five other people and refraining and doing nothing would allow …

To what extent is truth different in mathematics, the arts and ethics? We have always had problems with clearly defining what truth is. It resulted into relativism, which says that there is no absolute truth. However, it can be easily shown that this theory is wrong, because in contradicts itself. …

Unethical behavior can occur in any profession and cause damage to many people. Unethical practices and behavior in the accounting world can be very serious and cause a lot of problems for a lot of people. There are many types of things that are done in the workplace that would …

The main goal of any ethical theory is to do what’s right and good. All theories involve following moral rules or acting in accordance with chosen ethical values. Sometimes what is right and good, the rules, or the values are common to different theories. There is overlap in the theories …

During the year 1899, in the state of Virginia, there was a man named Mr. John Walter Wayland who, at the time, entered into a contest with only the hopes of coming out as the winner. Many years ago, The Baltimore Sun came up with a competition for the best …

In the Dalai Lama’s words – ‘The basic thing that everyone wants is happiness, no one wants suffering.’ Happiness, he concluded, mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors, if your (one’s) own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you (one) …

Everybody has heard the sayings with the meanings of ignorance is bliss and you never know what you have until you lose it, but many people have not had them actually apply to their lives. In Fahrenheit 451, The Truman Show, and Plato’s The Republic, the characters truly know the …

In Martin Luther King Junior’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, MLK uses ethos, logos, and pathos powerfully and effectively to present his argument that the discrimination of African Americans all over the country is unbearable and should be outlawed forever. King wrote the letter in Birmingham, Alabama after a peaceful protest …

• Island is crescent shaped • Always 200 miles wide but the tapers at the ends in to perfect half circles • Interior side of the island is like a giant harbour • Mouth of the harbour is full of rocks and shoals, making it incredibly dangerous • Only the …