Plato's 'Symposium' / Socrates and Aristophanes on Love
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of Aristophanes and Socrates' perspectives on love and demonstrates the contrasting perceptions that design Plato's own concepts of love. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Platosym.wps

Plato's Apology / Aristopanes' Clouds
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The trial and death of Socrates has been documented in the writings of his admirer and student, Plato. In Apology, Plato gives an account of the trial of Socrates before the Athenian court. Socrates has been charged with corrupting the youth, not believing in the Gods of the City and changing his religious alliance to other, new divinities. This 5 page paper compares the presentation of Socrates by Plato with the Socrates of Aristophanes and asserts that by simply denying that he has corrupted the youth, asserting that he has a personal oracle to which he gives allegiance and invalidating his belief in the Gods of Athens by believing that he can prove the oracle of Delphi wrong if he can find a person who is wiser than he. Socrates, by his own defense, or lack thereof, shows himself to be guilty of the charges. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Tophanes.wps

Thomas Paine's 'Rights Of Man' And Edmund Burke's 'Reflections Of The French Revolution': Opposing Views
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6 pages in length. At odds with one another's philosophies, Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke addressed their opposition through the written word. In 'Rights of Man,' Paine contends that each individual is due the inherent natural rights that accompany birth; Burke, on the other hand, contends in his 'Reflections of the French Revolution' that the masses are bound by their lowly social status to abide by the aristocracy. Staunch in their respective assertions, the writer discusses how both Paine and Burke were instrumental in launching the social and political debates that continue today. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCburke.wps

Kant and Mill on Moral Duty
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This 5 page paper considers the views of both Immanuel Kant and the Utilitarian perspective of John Stuart Mill, as they apply to the concept of moral duty and moral worth and the appproaches to determining ethical approaches. This paper utilizes the text of Kant’s Political Writings and arguments from Mill’s Utilitarianism. No additional sources cited.
Filename: MHKantm_

David Hume's 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' vs. Immanuel Kant's 'Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals'
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A 5 page paper which examines the differing views of the foundation of moral judgment offered by David Hume in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Immanuel Kant's Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals. After both arguments are considered, there will be a discussion as to how each would disagree with the other's assessments, and conclude with whose argument proved most convincing and why. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGhumkan.rtf