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Peter Gay's The Enlightenment
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the book, with a focus on the author's primary thesis. The Enlightenment is discussed in historical context. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA225Gay.rtf

Peter Singer/ Practical Ethics
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A 6 page essay that draws on the philosophical perspective of Singer's Practical Ethics. The writer considers the question: if it is morally permissible to experiment on non-human animals, must it also be morally permissible to experiment on seriously defective human beings? Looking at philosopher Peter Singer's text Practical Ethics (1993), one would have to say "yes," which naturally implies the caveat that Singer would argue that it is not moral to experiment on non-human animals any more than it should be considered moral to experiment on any human being. This examination of Singer's ethics demonstrate how he arrived at this conclusion and the basic premises of his system of ethics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khprceth.rtf

Phaedo, Socrates and Immortality
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This 4 page paper discusses the "Phaedo" by Plato, and argues that Socrates has failed to prove the immortality of the soul, or even its existence. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVPhaedo.rtf

PHILIPPA FOOT AND MORAL CONSIDERATIONS
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This 7 page paper discusses the arguments of Philippa Foot toward a Kantian view of moral imperatives versus non-hypothetical categories. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBfoot.rtf

Phillips/Socrates Cafe
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A 12 page reaction paper/essay to Christopher Phillips' intriguing text Socrates Cafe. The writer summarizes many Phillips' points concerning philosophy and discusses how this text defines philosophy, shows philosophy to be practical and concludes with an autobiographical comment on the use of philosophy in everyday life. No additional sources cite.
Filename: khsoccaf.rtf

Philosopher William David Ross: Everyday Examples of His Philosophies in Action
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A 5 page discussion of the relevance of Ross’s philosophy. Ross’s emphasis was on the defense of ethical intuitionism. Arguing that there are certain objective ethical truths, many of the more basic of which are self evident. The author of this paper explores self evident truths and how these truths present a mechanism with which we can reconcile our concepts of life, death, and that state which exists after death. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPphRoss.rtf

Philosophers Who Believe
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(5 pp) It has historically been the perception that faith in religion falls into the region of "the simple," or "the pure," or even "the uneducated." This is hardly the case any longer, as Clark looks at the stated belief systems of eleven of the United States top philosophical minds in his 1997 book, Philosophers Who Believe. In this discussion we will look at three of those philosophers in comparison to the nature of faith and the nature of philosophy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBchrphl.doc

Philosophers: An Introduction
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A 10 page paper which examines some of the basic theories of Hume, Rousseau, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Foucault. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
Filename: RAphil.rtf

Philosophical Argument: Bertrand Russell
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This 5 page paper offers a tutorial discussion of the deductive logic used by Bertrand Russell in his book, The Problems Of Philosophy. No additional sources are listed. It concludes with an example of a criticism and, or, commentary.
Filename: KTrussel.wps

Philosophical Concepts of Good and Evil, As Defined By Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Friedrich Nietzsche and William James
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A 6 page paper which examines how the concepts of good and evil were defined by classical philosophers Aristotle and Saint Augustine, and by more contemporary or "modern" philosophers as Friedrich Nietzsche and William James. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGgoodev.wps