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
White Supremacy in the American West
As emigrants moved into the American West, it is evident that they carried with them the tenets of racism and white supremacy, and these
Gerlach lot map, 2011
This needs to be updated to show Burning Man’s purchase of the trailer park.
The Long Odds of Pascal’s Wager
There are many reasons why a person might believe in God. Maybe it is because they look at the world with all its life
Justice is Wise
In Plato’s Republic, Thrasymachus asserts that justice is whatever is to the advantage of the stronger, and injustice is that which is in one’s
Existentialism papers
The following is most of what I wrote in Professor Kyle Simmons’ Intro to Existentialism class at TMCC, Spring 2016. Dostoevsky – Notes from