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Is Being Wicked The Same As Having Wickedness? A Dialogue On Human Nature Between Wicked, Frankenstein, And Rousseau’S Second Discourse, Emily R. Bezold
Is Being Wicked The Same As Having Wickedness? A Dialogue On Human Nature Between Wicked, Frankenstein, And Rousseau’S Second Discourse, Emily R. Bezold
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis revolves around the characters of Elphaba, from the musical Wicked, and the Monster, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the comparison of these two verdant characters I seek to analyze their psychological development, starting from their conceptions, to their final moments in their respective stories. I will focus on the parallels between their relations with their fathers, other social connects they may or may not make, and their interaction within the wider social-political world of their stories. In this I seek to explain how Elphaba and the Monster come to represent two different types of man, according …
Nietzsche's Genealogy: An Historical Investigation Of The Contingency Of Moral Values, John A. Greene
Nietzsche's Genealogy: An Historical Investigation Of The Contingency Of Moral Values, John A. Greene
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This work examines how values seem to be contingent on various factors which affect their growth and development. This study is based around the ethical writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Specifically, On the Genealogy of Morals serves as the foundation for my thesis. This book contains three essays which purport to show how moral values originated as a result of certain human phenomena rather than, as many people take for granted, from moral “truths.” This contribution to ethics is important because it leaves many questions regarding the value of morality untouched. In the Genealogy, there are numerous themes of Nietzsche’s philosophy …
An American Philosophy Of Punishment: Moral Permissibility, The Inferiorities Of Punishment, And A Case For Pure Restitution, John D. Patrone
An American Philosophy Of Punishment: Moral Permissibility, The Inferiorities Of Punishment, And A Case For Pure Restitution, John D. Patrone
Undergraduate Honors Theses
“An American Philosophy of Punishment: Moral Permissibility, the Inferiorities of Punishment, and a Case for Pure Restitution” is an examination of the paradigm of criminal punishment currently implemented in the United States and the inherent flaws of ‘punishment’ as a system of justice. The characteristics of punishment are evaluated from a perspective, “punishment by necessity,” which attempts to justify criminal punishment for a lack of viable alternatives. David Boonin, in his book, The Problem of Punishment, offers a robust alternative paradigm of criminal justice- ‘pure restitution’. Boonin advances two arguments: (1) ‘pure restitution’ is capable of replacing punishment as a …
Fair Play: Retributive And Distributive Principles In The Soccer Laws Of The Game, Josiah Parke
Fair Play: Retributive And Distributive Principles In The Soccer Laws Of The Game, Josiah Parke
Undergraduate Honors Theses
One of the most basic strivings of the field of philosophy is to define and formulate the fundamental makeup of a just society. Countless thinkers across two millennia have expended their efforts towards this arduous undertaking, each in their own way seeking to better the society in which they found themselves. With Republic, the focal point of philosophical writings began to focus on the proper application of justice within society. In the thousands of years since, the brightest minds in the world have each formalized their own systems and models for just societies and the populations therein. This time-honored …