Philosophy Essay Examples Page 106

Compare and contrast Thucydides’ and Socrates’ analyses of the fate of Athenian democracy in war, of why the Athenians went to war, and of how and why they failed. The Peloponnesian War was the turning point in Athenian hegemony in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 431 B. C. between the Delian League, led by…

The students were handed 10 test tubes with no identification. The students were supposed to design a method in determining what chemical was in each test tube. The list of chemicals is CuSO4, NH4Cl, NaOH, AgNO3, KI, H2SO4, NaBr, CaCl2, HCl, and Pb(NO3)2. The students are expected to determine the chemicals using physical properties, litmus…

Regardless of the type of interview used, various issues can arise. The four main types are structured interviews, unstructured interviews, semi-structured interviews, and group interviews. In a structured interview, the interviewer strictly adheres to an interview schedule. However, this approach has disadvantages. It is challenging to conduct structured interviews covertly because respondents are aware of…

Story and Plot When differentiating between story and plot in narrative film, we can identify the story as a series of all the events presented to us within the narrative, inclusive of all elements that have been overtly presented to us, as well as events that the viewer may infer or conceptualise. In contrast, the…

Understanding Leisure. Too much work with no play makes Jack a dull boy.  This is a very common saying which depicts clearly the importance of leisure time to human beings.  Leisure time can have very many definitions but all of them emphasize on the fact that, it is time spent on other activities away from…

This is the assertion with which the section begins; it is a point which is explained at some length (Kant, 393–394). Kant gives little in the way of argument for this proposition. He thus apparently takes it to be part of our “ordinary rational knowledge of morality”. Kant regards this section as an analysis of…

In “Ticket Inspectors in Action: Body-Worn Camera Analysis of Aggressive and Nonaggressive Passenger Encounters,” Friis et al. (2020) shed some light on how behaviors during encounters can lower victimization risks while on the job. The study was conducted in Denmark where passengers aboard the public transport system are required to purchase a ticket to ride…

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Liberal vs. Conservative Growing up in a home that could be characterized as a political battlefield was traumatic. I spent the first decade of my life living peacefully with two left- winged hippie parents. My mother had hair like Rapunzel and my dad worked as a jazz musician. Life…

In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett introduces audiences to two vagrants, Estragon (Gogo) and Vladimir (Didi). To summarize the action of the play: the two men are alone on a sparsely decorated stage. One lone, barren tree and a heap of rubbish are the only setting. Gogo and Didi discuss their existence which…

Kashmir DisputeIntroduction and backgroundKashmir is a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. India controls half of Kashmir including Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. Pakistan controls one third of the state with Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and Balistan. A small portion of Kashmir is also controlled by China. Both India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir…