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Utilitarianism: The Views of Bentham and Mill Compared
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This 3 page paper examines both points of view on Utilitarianism. Mill and Bentham's points are reiterated and the theorists are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA637U.rtf

Value Theory and Working with the Homeless
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This 10 page paper considers how value theory can be used by an individuals working in an institution that helps homeless young people. The ideas of Kant and Mills are used to discuss the concept of goodness and what is morally right. These are then applied to the institution, how policy may be made and how the individual worker makes moral decisions. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEvaltho.rtf

VALUES, OBJECTIVITY AND ETHICS
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This 5-page paper discusses, through events such as Enron, whether values are objective. The paper notes that values are subjective, and based on the ethical architecture and structure of the times and location. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTvalobj.rtf

Variations in Levels of Knowledge Among “Experts”
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A 4 page contention that not only do levels of knowledge among so-called “experts” often differ significantly, so do our perceptions of these levels. Our own level of knowledge, in fact, often determined whether we accept an individual as an “expert” and what level we assign his level of knowledge in comparison with other “experts”. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPexpert.rtf

Various Philosophers/Theories of Intelligence
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A 5 page research paper that examines the question of what constitutes human nature, specifically the relationship between the body and the mind. This question has been a topic pondered upon and studied since antiquity. Philosophers since Plato have considered the nature of knowledge and how this relates to the structure of the human mind. The following brief survey of thought on this subject shows not only the remarkable longevity of this topic, but also how these questions continue to be addressed by present-day scholars. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khmindph.rtf

Various Philosophy Questions
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A 5 page research paper that answers various questions concerning philosophy. Topics covered include Hume's questioning of the idea of the mind; Kant's think-in-itself; Sartre's statement that we are condemned to be free; the myth of Sisyphus; and the persistence of material objects when no one is perceiving them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khphlqu.rtf

Vedanta Hinduism/Buddhism & Greek Philosophy
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A 6 page research paper that addresses two topics (roughly 3 pages each). The first topic contrasts and compares Vedanta Hinduism with Buddhism. The second topic contrasts and compares ancient Greek philosophy with Indian philosophy in general. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khvenhin.rtf

Vice & Virtue: Aristotle's Understanding
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3 pages in length. As a civilized being, man strives to maintain a virtuous example by way of thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical existence. When one is virtuous, he abides by morally upstanding principles to help guide him through life; when one is consumed by vice, he has lost control of the very foundation of his moral existence. Aristotle spoke much on the subject of vice and virtue, contending that ethical virtuosity is something that must derive from everyone, not merely a portion of the population. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCvice.doc

Vice And Virtue: Manmade Social Elements?
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5 pages in length. Would the concepts of vice and virtue exist without moral agents to have an idea of them? Clearly, if humanity did not exist there would be no need for elements such as vice and virtue, inasmuch as there would be no cause for the concepts of good and bad. As a civilized being, man strives to maintain a virtuous example by way of thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical existence. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCvirtu.wps

Vice And Virtue: The Individual And Society
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This 7 page essay is based on readings found in Christina and Fred Sommers' Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life. The readings focus on morality, self-interest, character, dignity, and self-respect. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTvicvir.wps