Kant's Moral Imperatives "To be beneficent where one can is a duty; and besides this, there are many persons who are so sympathetically constituted that, without any further motive of vanity or self interest, they find an inner pleasure in spreading joy around them and can r...

In our world today, some many ideas and institutions carry with them a bad reputation. Many believe that these ideas and institutions have a problem with being morally right, i.e., accepted by society. Indeed, there are moral questions that must be answered, or at least looked at in dealing with som...

"Human life is a creation, not a commodity, and should not be used as research material for reckless experiments," quoted George Bush. Clearly, the topic of cloning presents much controversy in the United States. Many believe immediate action should be taken to create nationwide cloning ba...

In Book I and II of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle makes some assumptions about the character of the human soul, dividing it into a part that governs (reason), a part that is or ought to be governed by reason and a part that is normally unresponsive to reason. Thus, in his argument he is...

My own philosophy of education is rather difficult for me to explain. There are many parts of our educational system that I disagree with. The problem is that I see far too many problems, yet offer few answers. Today's educational systems seem so trendy and political. It almost seems ...

Since pre-school we've been taught to do onto others as you would like them to do to you. Clearly Niccolo Machiavelli missed that lesson! He does however realize how important it is to be a good leader; however he does feel that it's necessary to sometimes risk the love of the people...