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Decision Making: Consequential and Deontological
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A 5 page paper which discusses consequentialist and deontological approaches to decision making. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAdecide.rtf

Decision-making According to Nietzsche and Freud
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This 6 page paper examines decision-making by examining two books: Twilight of the Idols and Civilization and its Discontents by Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud respectively. How people make decisions is explored in the context of these works.
Filename: SA517NaF .rtf

Defending C.S. Lewis's Concept of Earthly Love
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This 10 page paper discusses C.S. Lewis's concepts of earthly love (phileo, eros and storge) and argues that storge (family) is strongest. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVStorge.rtf

Defining the Good Life: Plato Verses Thucydides
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A 4 page discussion of the distinctive approaches taken by Plato and Thucydides in defining the good life. The author contends that Thucydides approached such definitions from the empirics of history while Plato approached them from a more normative, esoteric angle. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPethThu.rtf

Democracy According to Ancient Philosophers
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This 6 page paper uses original works by Thucydides, Plato and Aristotle to discuss the topic. The paper holds that there are both benefits and deficiencies of democracy. Democracy is explored in ancient times as well as in the modern sense. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA350dem.rtf

Democracy and Society Size
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A 5 page paper assessing the question, "Is a democracy more likely to flourish as a large or as a small republic?" Using the views of James Madison and John Stuart Mill, the paper concludes that the concept of "the greater good" is applicable to societies of any size, but it appears to be more workable and practical in the smaller society. Likely this is the very reason that Madison promoted states' rights with such vigor, and it may explain at least in part the difficulty that the federal government has in operating efficiently and in true reflection of the wishes of the people of the country. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSphiloDemoc.rtf

Democracy and the Individual; A Criticism
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This 5 page paper looks at the idea of democracy and the problems that may be seen for the individual from the perspectives of namely Alexis de Tocqueville and Ayn Rand. The ideas of democratic tyranny and the right to life are considered and discussed. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEtvlrnd.wps

Democratic Rule and the Ideologies of Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, and Machiavelli
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An 8 page examination of the premises of democracy as seen through the eyes of the ancient philosophers and the sixteenth century Italian leader. Notes the opinions of these great thinkers on aspects the basic concept of whether one man should rule over another and the necessity of government and how that necessity relates to morals, ethics, rationality, and even appearance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPdemoRl.rtf

Denis Diderot
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An 8 page overview of the life and philosophical contributions of this French philosopher. The author discusses Diderot's preoccupation with resisting the powers of church and government, a preoccupation which resulted in him being regarded in a negative light by the powers that were. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPdidert.rtf

Dennett's Three Stances
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Dennett identified three prediction stances; the design stance, the physical stance and the intentional stance. This 7 page paper starts by examines these stances what they are and how they can be applied and also considers the aspect of beliefs, desires and rationality in the context of optimum choices within these 3 stances. The bibliography sites 2 sources.
Filename: TEden3stance.rtf