In his brief introduction to the Leviathan, Hobbes describes the state as an organism analogous to a large person. He shows how each part of the state parallels the function of the parts of the human body. He notes that the first part of his project is to describe human nature, insofar as humans ar...

Wants and Needs Everyday we are bombarded with images of what our society views as the necessaries of life. We are barrage with advertisements of fancy cars, expensive houses, and exotic vacations these images teach our children a distorted priority system. The consequences of these priorit...

PHARMACEUTICAL MORALITY? What does it mean for something to be morally wrong? In order to answer this question I will start off with providing some essential background on the subject. Socrates once said that "Moral philosophy is hard thought about right action" Ethics is the sect...

Friedrich Nietzche, a 19th century German philosopher and writer, was one of the most influential modern thinkers. He was the first major thinker to take seriously the full implications of the historical critique and to apply it to all of a culture's most cherished possessions. He attempt...

Friedrich Nietzche, a 19th century German philosopher and writer, was one of the most influential modern thinkers. He was the first major thinker to take seriously the full implications of the historical critique and to apply it to all of a culture's most cherished possessions. He attempt...

To help or not to help? Hunger is a very pressing issue and with 24,000 people dying daily it should be. (HS) Unfortunately, it is more than just a moral question of should we help. It is a much more complex question that incorporates political and economic connotations as well. We also have to co...

'Lex Injusta non est lex' A comparison of four film jurists and their attitudes and perceptions on 'An unjust law is no law at all.' Lex injusta non est lex, or, 'An unjust law is no law at all' is a phrase which can entice a number of different perspectives ...

IN SERCH OF PEACE What the world needs today is a civilization based on love and compassion, and not on competition. A civilization that is not dying to be victorious, but which is keen to live with peace. Nowadays terrorism, war and human killing are in vogue. Powerful nations control the le...