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American feminist jurisprudence is the study of the construction and workings of the law from perspectives which foreground the implications of the law for women and women's lives. This study includes law as a theoretical enterprise as well its practical and concrete effects in women's lives. Further, it includes law as an academic discipline, and thus incorporates concerns regarding pedagogy and the influence of teachers. On all these levels, feminist scholars, lawyers, and activists raise
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Death in Plato'S Apology
Daniel Sill PHI 100.02 Fall 2012 Mattingly In Plato’s Apology, Socrates’ argument that death is a blessing begins with the premise that in death, either the soul is transported to another place where one is conscious and aware for eternity in some afterlife, or one is completely void of consciousness and perception for eternity. The former choice entails some system where the soul is either allowed into paradise or punished for their sins, while the
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Aristotle's Views on Governent
Rustad Alex Rustad Michael Bentley Engl 1010 6 January 2016 Aristotle’s views on the differences between democracy and oligarchy are, simply put, democracy is supposed to be run by many and an oligarchy is supposed to be run by a higher class of few. Though in today’s world, this does not seem to be the case. The democracy today is so familiar with is seemingly becoming more and more of an oligarchy, focusing more on
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Plato's Critique on Art
Shan Dev Philosophy 103 April 28, 2016 Final Paper Plato’s Critique of Art In Book X of The Republic, Socrates explains his concern with art. He believes art is dangerous and affects the inferior part of your soul. He believes this because he thinks these artists pretend to know things when they in fact do not. They have no real knowledge of what they are writing or painting about. In his opinion, artwork cannot be
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Social Contract Theory Shown in Plato’s Crito
Mary Humphreys Professor Harold Hansen PHL 210 Introduction to Philosophy Module 5-2 Final Prospectus 15 May 2016 Briefly explain the problem I have chosen. An explanation of the social contract theory shown in Plato’s CRITO would be the agreement between the society and the people who are it. A society that provides to the education of people young and old, the basic rules of government (including rules of marriage) and all who agree to obey
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Plato Essay
Gabel Plato Twenty-four centuries ago the foundation of Western culture was slowly being unraveled, along with Plato’s discoveries, which still have an impact on Western culture. Plato was a student of Socrates, learning that the most efficient path to wisdom is through rational thinking. Plato believed that being a philosopher was the highest form of life. Throughout Plato’s life he was a major contributor towards society whether it was by learning from Socrates, providing his
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Plato’s Writing Meno
Plato’s writing, Meno, is structured as a dialogue between Meno and Socrates. Meno asks Socrates whether virtue can be taught and this starts their discussion. Socrates then starts to break down his question and prompts Meno with questions in order to make him brainstorm. Meno tries to come up with definitions, but Socrates always finds away to prove them false. This leads them to believe that it might not even be possible to define virtue.
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Argument Analysis: Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle
Danny Cross Prof. Cecere PHI 220-101M Ethics 9/26/2017 Argument Analysis: Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle In Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle proposes that there exists some ultimate good toward which human actions are actively aiming for. This common goal is happiness or “eudaimonia”, and Aristotle looks at two different paths of action, that of the person and that of an organization of people. The main argument is that every action or art is aimed at some good. These virtues
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Plato Reading Summary
In Plato’s dialogue called the Timaeus, Plato discusses the origin and construction of the cosmos. He points out varieties of arguments that the philosophers were confused and with a purpose to educate everyone to the existence of every little thing in the universe. For instance, he claims that there are four elements, everything is created with a purpose, and Demiurge is the Creator of the universe. Plato also argues against the idea of Aristotle that
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