1. Plato's Republic
The debate on wheather or not people with mental illnesses should receive the same treatement or punishment as normal people is one of the most heated conflicts in modern society. Many people feel that people with mental illness cannot be held accountable for wrongdoings or mistakes they make due to...
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In addition, she also said "guess I'm not used to sleeping nights, anyway." " Women during this era were obligated to save themselves for marriage and to treat themselves with respect; Vantine was young, beautiful, and persuasive, so many people feared she would influence young women to act like her in an attempt to be the influential, appealing woman that the film depicted her as. ...
On the twelfth of February 1993 a young boy named James Bulger, was abducted from a mall in Liverpool by a pair of two 10 year old children and was brutally murdered by them. This murder sent a shockwave throughout Britain and the whole world. (Fergus) People questioned, how can such a crime be done...
There is a persuasive argument detailing the gods as being purely a psychological invention, further upheld in the Iliad by the constant intervention by the gods of placing ideas and feeling into peoples minds- for example; "Athene, glorious daughter of Zeus, ranged through the Achaean army and spurred them on". ...
Both philosophers Immanuel Kant and John Mill's theories, being, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals and Utilitarianism respectively, provide strong arguments for their positions and are still both very influential in the philosophical realm today. John Mill's argument for utilitarianism is the stronger of the two since it argues a more found application of human character, whereas Kant argues more an assumption of human character. Mill's argument is based on known, while Kant attempts to create such known. Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics...