it sufficiently adequate to allow us to move on to a discussion of how Platonic justice compares to conventional justice. At that point I will attempt to show that Platonic justice is relevant to the challenge posed to Socrates‚ and that despite objections to the contrary the Platonic and conventional views are sufficiently aligned to allow Socrates to conclude that he has shown that it is better to be just than unjust. Vlastos‚ and others‚ argue that describing the city as just is simply a generalization
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Pre-reading • What does the title suggest to you? From the title‚ what do you expect this essay to be about? The title of this essay implies that the paper will be a proposition on a certain situation that contains modesty. This essay would possess a humble suggestion created to resolve a problem. The term “Modest” indicates a positive connotation implying that this plan will be morally correct and have a contributive impact. Introduction and definition of the problem • What is the problem‚
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In Descartes’ Meditations‚ he makes the strong claim that God must exist. I will first explain what Descartes’s argument for God’s existence is‚ and then I will attempt to support the argument that God does not need to necessarily exist through objections and replies. Premise 1: “We have an idea of God as an infinite and perfect being.” First‚ Descartes believes that there are properties that are inherently perfect. For example‚ being good is a perfection while being bad is an imperfection.
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1. Some people believe that positive freedom is truly valuable. Are they right? Or have they been misled by a mistaken belief in the existence of a ‘higher’ or ‘ideal’ self? In this essay I will argue positive freedom is valuable. This is based on the belief that it is valuable‚ by which I mean something worth having‚ to be able to control ones irrational desires in order to achieve rational goals. An end I will argue is only achievable through adopting the notion of the ‘higher-self’. Given I
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In 1945‚ the Japanese surrendered and the Second World War ended. The period between the Japanese surrender and the return of the British to Malaya gave the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) the opportunity to take over the government in Malaya. History shows that the MCP got to control Malaya for 14 days. During that time and from time to time thereafter its members created trouble and chaos. Later‚ the British returned to Malaya in September 1945. To restore peace‚ the British Military Administration
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Organizational vs. Social Responsibilities As an individual with no real organizational responsibilities it can be difficult for me to draw conclusions and make arguments based on the thoughts and ideas concerning divided loyalties to an individuals social realm and to ones business realm. That being said‚ insight on the topic can be found in a thorough understanding of reading materials and in-class lectures. Milton Freidman provides vital information with regards to his theoretical analysis
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For petitioners‚ such classification "is without legal and factual basis and is exercised as impermissible restraint of artistic expression. The film is an integral whole and all its portions‚ including those to which the Board now offers belated objection‚ are essential for the integrity of the film. Viewed as a whole‚ there is no basis even for the vague speculations advanced by the Board as basis for its classification.” * The respondents in their answer submitted that the standard of the law
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In the world of philosophy there are many unanswered questions. One such question is whether or not God exists. Philosopher Thomas Aquinas attempts at logically reasoning through this question. In doing so‚ he combats an objection to the existence of God‚ which is known as the problem of evil. The problem of evil states that no omni benevolent being would will that evil exists‚ and whatever an omniscient‚ omnipotent being wills must be accomplished. Evil exists so‚ according to the problem with evil
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Mill is saying that if we don’t ever have to defend an opinion from dissent‚ then the opinion loses its meaning. He says that if the truth is just known and never debated or explained‚ the people will not be able to refute objections to it. If a person cannot refute objections to their argument‚ then he can’t truly understand his own
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impressed by Gaunilo’s objections and wrote a careful reply to him. The crux of Anselm’s response was that his argument only applies to the greatest possible being: it is part of the essence of the greatest possible being that it must exist. It is not part of the essence of the greatest possible island that it must exist (islands can exist or not)‚ but it is part of the greatest possible being that it must exist. So whether an atheist thinks Gaunilo’s Lost Island objection is decisive against Anselm’s
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