Essays on Philosophical Concept

Philanthrocapitalism is a novel type of philanthropy and involves donors who merge business goals with humanitarian acts (McGoey 2012). An example would be the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a Global Health Program funding various types of activity such as research projects for malaria (McCoy,…

The literary canon refers to “a body of books, narratives, and other texts considered to be the most important and influential works of a particular time period or place (Bates).” The term was first used in 1929. The literary canon itself has not changed much…

Empires rise and fall like the tides. Days pass, months, years, millennia, and we fade away into the continual turn of the universe like our short lives were nothing. That’s not it, though. Every second of every day we are alive, we define what it…

My Father Began as a God Essay The very essence of the concept of change is to become something different or to arrive at a fresh, new stage, whether it is represented in life or in a text. Ian Mudie has captured change in his…

What is change? The definition of change is to make or become different, or to take or use another instead of. If this is the definition of change than what is the definition of becoming? To become something means the process of coming to be…

Change has been thought of in several different ways throughout history: What is change? Is change even possible? How so? etc. The more one ponders such a notion the more abstract and odd it becomes. Thinking about change one says to themselves change is not…

Euthanasia The Right to Die with Dignity Everyone, at one point in his or her life, has thought about death or dying. Most of us think of dying quickly and/or painlessly. What if it doesnt work out that way? What if you or someone you…

In today’s society one of the most controversial issues is legalizing the practice of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia. Doctors believe that these particular medical practices violate the Hippocratic Oath, while the general public deems them unethical. Euthanasia is killing on request and is defined…

Death Regardless of Dignity The accepted social policies of our present day are based on the themes, values and goals that citizens support for humane changes in policy toward a renaissance of government activism. In the past few years the topic of physician-assisted suicide and…

The Dalai Lama is seen in Tibetan Buddhism to be the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have chosen to help others rather than Nirvana. (dalailama.com/biography/significance) In Tibet, the Dalai Lama has served as a spiritual leader and also a…