Philosophy paper samples

Thesis: Confucius says about the music as a whole and harmonic system. Thus, speaking about Prise and Imperial songs that have found their proper places, he implies that they compile a larger and accomplished phenomenon that also reflects the political and social situation.

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Wei and Lu had a special role in the... read more

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Burke’s principle of radical philosophy assumes that rights of men are naturally bestowed upon them, as opposed to Aristotle’s school of thought that says men are political animals created by nature to exist in structured political institutions.

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Before politics was institutionalized or during the ‘state of nature’ not any government exi... read more

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The Confucius passage states a value of government and propriety of certain genius in life and its maxims. The passage creates the understanding of how people are led by certain laws and uniformity of knowledge and the way they should avoid punishment and be led by virtue and a good sense of intelligence and vigor.

Ethics is a branch of studies associated with the concept of morality and the place of morality in a modern world. Morality is defined as “some codes of conduct put forward by a society or some other group, such as a religion, or accepted by an individual for her own behavior or ... a code of conduct that, given specified conditions, would be put forw... read more

1 December 2012

The End of the World As We Know It

For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. (Matthew 24:27)

The verse from the Bible says that the end of the world begins when God comes to Earth. But, when the world ends, will crea... read more

Analysis

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In this passage Confucius outlines what features are close to virtue. According to him, such features are firmness, endurance, simplicity, and modesty. Interestingly that the scholar does not refer to them as virtues but uses the phrase “near to virtue”

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There cannot ... read more

I have visited a lot of Muslim countries and visited a great deal of mosques recently. I evidenced a lot of religious services in mosques. Thus, I attended a Friday religious service in Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The word “Islam” has the same root as the word “peace” in the Arabian language. The Allah has granted ... read more

The privacy in the life of people places a very important role. For a long period of time autonomy of individual has been under attack. This topic has been discussed and investigated deeply taking into consideration different fields of the peoples’ interactions. The investigations took place on the basis of the data collected and studied thoroughly. A... read more

Utilitarianism is a notion of utility which symbolizes usefulness. Utilitarianism thus is an understanding of morality in relation of what is the most beneficial and reasonable thing to do. This concept of Utilitarianism is complex to explain because it has diverse theories with various variants in religion and philosophy. This concept is understood by doctors such that they follow the teach... read more

The passage tries to talk about the moral standards supposed to be observed by people as they carry on their daily businesses. People are advised to always be sincere though they live among insincere members of the community.Reasons Confucius might have realized doing the wrong thing because fellow members of the society are on the wrong is not right and justifiable. People should always loo... read more