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Views on Capitalism
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A 5 page research paper that compares the views of Karl Marx, Adam Smith, and Victorian writer Samuel Smiles on the effects of industrialization and the ways in which it impacted society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 90views.rtf

Hegel's Sense Certainty
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5 pages in length. True knowledge – or the Absolute – is what Hegel aspired to grasp through consciousness. His desire to achieve such an all-encompassing objective was meant to start at the beginning with the very basic of all knowledge – sense knowledge – and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientific thought was that of sense certainty, a concept that was thoroughly developed in 'Phenomenology of Spirit.' The writer discusses how Hegel's attempt to define the notion of absolute knowledge led him down a path of discovery that postulated the very essence of being, inasmuch as the philosopher carefully contemplated the various avenues one must travel as a means by which to reach the state of absolute knowledge. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLChegel.doc

Should The State Be Neutral Between Competing Conceptions Of The Good?
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This 5 page paper considers this question looking at the different concepts of good and how these may be interpreted by the states as well as the advantages that a neutral perspective may bring. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
Filename: TEneutra.wps

The Nature Of Self-Awareness / Achieving Wholeness
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15 pages in length. Historical literature encompasses a great number of existential elements that directly relate to existence; indeed, it is not merely a compilation of dates and events, but rather it is also an exploration of humanity's spiritual side. Such is the case with Hermann Hesse's 'Demian,' Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' and Thomas Mann's 'Death In Venice,' inasmuch as all three literary masterpieces share the common denominator of self-awareness and achieving wholeness. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCself.doc

Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis: A Philosophical View
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This 7 page paper considers the era in which Kafka's novel was written and how the work reflects this period in time. This paper also considers why Kafka chose the particular structure and language of the work relative to the progression of existential thinking. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHMetamo.wps

Rousseau and Burke on Property
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Edmund Burke and Jean Jacques Rousseau were contemporaries during the period of the French revolution who were on opposite sides of the philosophical battleground concerning the system of titled property that had been at the foundation of the revolt. Burke favored monarchy and defended established religion. His belief in property was based on the assumption that perpetuating property through the aristocratic families was the best way to perpetuate society. Rousseau was not a much an advocate of the Revolution as a believer that the individual had inalienable rights that entitled him to acquire property through personal endeavor, and that the inherent compassion of human nature would serve to regulate the evils thought, by Burke, to gain ascendancy if the current system should fall. This 7 page paper examines the positions each man took on the issue of property. Rousseau's position can be found within his Discourse On The Origins Of Inequality, while Burke presents his argument in his Reflections On The Revolution In France. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTpropty.wps

Thomas Paine's 'Rights Of Man', Jean Jacques Rousseau's 'Discourse On Origins Of Inequality' And Edmund Burke's 'Reflections Of The French Revolution': Democracy
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses the essential preconditions for democracy as they relate to Thomas Paine, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Edmund Burke. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCdmocr.doc

Democracy
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Democracy is commonly defined as a political process and associated with the mechanism of electoral rule, however, it is ineffably intertwined with the processes of government, economics and cultural mandates. This 5 page paper argues that all three of these great philosophers: Mill, Rousseau and Tocqueville, would agree to the statement, 'Democracy is not a mechanical device, it is, rather, a living organism that can only flourish in certain kinds of social soil'. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KTdemcry.wps

Rousseau and Locke/The Pursuit of Happiness
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A 6 page analysis of Locke's 'Second Treatise of Government,' and Rousseau's 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality.' The writer argues that both of these scholars were particularly concerned with how the citizenry went about pursuing the public's unalienable right to those activities that they felt were most likely to bring them financial security and a reasonable amount of satisfaction‹the 'pursuit of happiness.' No additional sources cited.
Filename: 90locke.rtf

The State And Market Economy According To Locke and Rousseau
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This 8 page report discusses the opinions of John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau as they viewed the state and the market economy as two of the most important institutions in society. Their ideas are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Lockruss.wps