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| Socrates - Love and Freedom in The Symposium |
| 4.25P,2S - This paper examines Socrates' argument about the connection between love and freedom in The Symposium and applies this argument to the love affair between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. |
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| Linguistic Complexity in Symposium |
| 3.5P,1S - This paper examines the language, pattern of development and the conclusions drawn in the discussion between Socrates and Diotima. |
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| Cephalus' Argument About Old Age and Riches |
| 3.5P,1S - This paper examines Cephalus' argument in Book I of The Republic, that riches in old age only benefit the individual because it promotes justice and holiness in the soul. |
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| Self-Interest and the Advantageousness of Evil |
| 5.5P,0S - This paper is a personal reaction to Socrates’ argument in Protagoras that no one ever knowingly does evil. Using just the major tenets of Socrates’ argument, I provide two counter arguments. |
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| Crito - Virtue is Knowledge |
| 3P,4S - This paper looks at Socrates' view of vice in Crito. It is a brief essay with 3 references other than Crito. |
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| Happiness According to Mond, John & Socrates |
| 4P - This paper creates a dialogue in which Mond and John in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Socrates present their views on the meaning of happiness. This is a creative dialogue in which I take stands and have a lively discussion based on what I believe the perspectives of the characters are. |
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| Holiness According to Socrates |
| 1.5P,1S - This paper uses the Apology to explore Socrates' definition of holiness, which is the seeking of truth and the upholding of justice under all circumstances. |
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| Plato - Political and Moral Aspect of Education |
| 6.5P,1S - This paper discusses Plato's view that moral and ethical values can be taught through religion and literatre as well as drama and music, which is essential for preparing the commonwealth's vanguards. |
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| Plato - The Divine in the Laws of Man |
| 9.5P,1S - This paper examines Plato's view that the closer we are to God the less likely we are to develop the weaker part of the soul that is dedicated to immoral, unjust behavior and unlawful behavior. |
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| Plato and the Purpose of Education |
| 8P,1S - This paper examines Plato's view that the purpose of education is to teach the next generation of men the values that prepare them to promote social and political order in the society. |
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| Critical Analysis of the Intelligent Design View |
| 5.25P, 1S - This paper provides a detailed analysis of Antony Flew's "Critique of the Global Argument from Design, from God: A Critical Inquiry," supporting Flew's argument that since there is only one universe, one must presume that its orderliness its is natural character rather than the work of a master Designer. |
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| The Problem of Evil: A Negative Theodicy |
| 5P,1S - This paper examines John Hick's reexamination of the problem of evil in which he argues that the best way to account for the problem if evil is through a negative theodicy since evil could not exist if God were perfectly loving and has the ability to abolish evil. |
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| Animals Do Not Have Rights |
| 3.25P,3S - PERSUASIVE [ARGUMENTATIVE] ESSAY - "It is Moral and Ethical to Use Animals for Research and Experimentation?" - This brief paper supports the view that the principle of rights cannot be applied to animals because they cannot make moral decisions. |
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| A Look at Emerson’s & Thoreau’s Views on Nature |
| 5P,1S - This paper examines Emerson's and Thoreau's views that nature provides man with an escape from the cyclical realities of life, a place where they can achieve a kind of rebirth, meet God and embrace their spirituality. |
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| Feinberg’s Rejection of Bentham’s Egoistic Hedonis |
| 5.5P,1S - This paper summarizes Feinberg's criticism of Bentham's psychological egoist hedonism in which he argues that disinterested benevolence or the view that man derives pleasure from his benevolence, demonstrates that human actions are not motivated by the selfish desire to seek their own happiness. |
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| Oh Friends! There is no Friend |
| 2.5P, 0S - This short paper is an opinonated essay in which I argue that becase of man's self-serving nature, it is impossible to have true friends. |
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| Sartre - Human Existence Precedes Their Essense |
5P,1S - This paper examines Jean-Paul Sartre's view that man has an inevitable responsibility for his own decisions, in which case he recognizes that his absolute freedom of choice is a requirement of being truly human by stipulating between being-in-itself and being-for-itself.
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| Hume on Miracles |
| 5P,1S - This paper supports Hume’s arguments that miracles do not cannot stand up to the rigorous test of human reason. |
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