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if humans are intrinsically evil, we are asking if they are hurtful by nature, and if they are born with desires only to be destructive and to cause pain. If humans are intrinsically evil, then they do good things only for personal gain, and they…

of humankind. As time and people have become more civilized the desire to kill mitigates to nothing more than entertainment. In Lord of the Flies we could see that man can quickly revert to a savage life style if placed into a hostile environment. …

but after going over the story several more times, I notice the cliff is actually representing the relationship between Barry and his daughter, Moira. It was a story that shows a single father perspective towards his daughter. W.D. Valgardson uses many…

Law, the idea that everything within the world has a purpose, uses the definition that a good object, is one that fulfils its purpose, so for instance; a good pen would be a pen that; doesn't leak, doesn't break, writes well, doesn't dry and is comfortab…

but also a mathematician and scientist. As a philosopher he used the notion of scepticism as a means to find truth stripped of all ambiguity. In 'meditations one: what can be called into doubt' Descartes states that he shall "doubt everything that…

as laws drawn from nature and those that are perceived as implanted within humans, is enforced as binding onto human actions and lives in juxtaposition with laws that have been set forth by humans and the judicial sphere. The theory of natural…

and cultural norms, has been an issue of deliberation for several centuries. Philosophers have long debated over what justice is and how it should be applied. Philosophers such as Plato view justice as being a matter of knowledge; being aware…

path taught by Buddha? When mentioned to some one that is uneducated about Buddhism that I'm taking a class on Buddhist philosophy there is always a particular question than comes up. Often times this question is worded differently, but primarily…

What was the role of the philosophers? The enlightenment influenced French society in many aspects, it gave way to new world views and ideas that brought church and science together. It was responsible for bringing the scientific revolution to the…

born with neither good nor bad in them. As a small child develops, it becomes either more good or evil depending on the society it is raised in and how it is treated. Society forces a person to want to fit into it and, depending on the society, gives…