In this paper, I will argue that of the philosophers Robert Nozick, John Rawls, and Virginia Held, the political philosophy of John Rawls is
Republican Factions and the Public Good
In this paper, I will argue that the measures that James Madison installed into the U.S. Constitution to protect against the spirit of faction
Nozick and the Coercive Power of the State
Robert Nozick contends that liberty is the most important value for society when he states at the outset of his book, Anarchy State, and
Building a Career – An Odyssey
“Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your
Black Rock Rental is gone
Sure, I’ll help you with your trailer question, and I still have some equipment to sell, but no more rentals. I just have my
Public Ignorance of Science
Carl Sagan once said, “We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and
Women and the film “Unforgiven”
The 1992 film Unforgiven, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, has been widely acclaimed for challenging cliché themes of violence in the Western
Brownlee’s Aspirations and Aspects of Virtue
In “Moral Aspirations and Ideals” by Kimberley Brownlee, she asserts that ideals and aspirations are distinct moral categories. She defines an ideal as a
Normative Ethics and the Trolley Problem
In David Edmonds’ book, Would You Kill The Fat Man, variations on a thought experiment are used to expose problems in making ethical determinations.
Spinoza, Descartes, and concept Dualism
In this paper, I will show that Spinoza made improvements to Descartes’ concept dualism in three significant ways, but fell short when he