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Should HIV Testing for Pregnant Women Be Mandated?
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This 6 page paper provides a philosophical argument that supports the view that testing should be required. However, both sides of the issue are carefully discussed. Kantian ethics and utilitarianism are used as a basis for discussion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA204HIV.rtf

Shunryu Suzuki’s “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”
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This 3 page report discusses Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971) who was a direct spiritual descendant of the great thirteenth-century Zen Master, Dogen. Excerpts from his lectures form the basis form the basis of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWzenbeg.rtf

Similarities Between David and Rousseau
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This 7 page paper looks at the influences of Jacques Louis David and Jean Jacques Rousseau. David was a painter and Rousseau a philosopher. David's The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons is used to explore the painter's philosophy and Rousseau's Social Contract Theory is discussed as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA219JLD1.rtf

SIMILARITY OF THEMES IN THE WORKS OF SOPHOCLES, CICERO AND PLATO
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This 6 page paper discusses the similarity of themes between Cicero, Plato and Sophocles by comparing and contrasting excerpts from the Theban Plays, Plato's Republic and Dialogues, and Cicero's discussion in On Old Age. Examples cited from text. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MBphilsame.rtf

Simone Weil / Thoughts on Affliction
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This 6 page paper examines the book, "Waiting for God" by Simone Weil by addressing the philosophical implications of affliction. The meaning of affliction is absence. The existence of a thing predetermines the absence of the same. There are three major areas where the nature of affliction is exhibited: The realm of the spiritual, physical. No additional source cited.
Filename: Simonew.wps

Simone Weil's 'Waiting for God' / Thoughts on Affliction
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This 6 page paper examines the book, "Waiting for God" by Simone Weil by addressing the philosophical implications of affliction. The meaning of affliction is absence. The existence of a thing predetermines the absence of the same. There are three major areas where the nature of affliction is exhibited: The realm of the spiritual, physical (biological affliction and social affliction. Bibliography lists 1 source
Filename: Sweil.wps

Singer and Plato
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A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the views of Singer and Plato. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAsinplt.rtf

Skepticism/Hume, Unger and Nagel
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A 3 page research paper/essay that analyzes the positions of David Hume peter Unger and Thomas Nagel's on skepticism. The writer presents the skeptic position and then argues against it. Bibliography lists 1 source, but is incomplete.
Filename: khhun.rtf

Skepticism: Hume and Peirce
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A paper which compares the philosophies of Hume and Peirce, with specific reference to the scientific method, empiricism, determinism, and human enquiry into natural phenomena. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLempskep.rtf

Social Darwinism, Capitalism And Social Welfare
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A 2.5 page paper. By defining Social Darwinism and Capitalism, the writer demonstrates the ideologies on which the U.S. social welfare system is based. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGwlfr.rtf