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Utilitarianism in a Nutshell or Why No One Likes a Consequentialist Michael S Russo Department of Philosophy Molloy College Utilitarianism is one of the most important consequentialist approaches t. On Good Temper Aristotle G ood temper is a mean with respect to anger; the middle state being unnamed, and the extremes almost without a name as well, we place good temper in the middle position, th The Sophists W.T. Stace I t is not possible to understand the activities and teaching of the Sophists without some knowledge of the religious, political, and social conditions of the time. After long On the Supposed Right to Lie From Benevolent Motives Immanuel Kant I n the work called France, for the year 1797, Part VI. No. 1, on Political Reactions, by Benjamin Constant, the following passag The Unmoved Mover (Metaphysics 12.1-6) Aristotle Part 1 The subject of our inquiry is substance; for the principles and the causes we are seeking are and if it coheres merely by virtue of serial succ Swami Vivekananda. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda www.sophiaomni.orgfor educational purposes and for personal use only. No permission is granted for commercial use. If you redu On the Supposed Uselessness of the Soul F. H. Bradley The following considerations must not be taken as quite expressing my own beliefs, nor again are they offered as original. But they will perhaps The Sceptics W.T. Sta ce S cepticism is a semi-technical term in philosophy, and means the doctrine which doubts or denies the possibility of knowledge. It is thus destructive of philosophy, since ph Self-Respect and Retaliation A.J. Grunthaler This selection was originally part of a larger article that appeared on the Sophia Project website in 2002. … What does it mean to have self-respect? The Strength of Stillness Sr. Aurobindo There are two great forces in the universe, silence and speech. Silence prepares, speech creates. Silence acts, speech gives the impulse to action. Silence com On the Unreality of the Material World George Berkeley 1. It is evident to any one who takes a survey of the objects of human knowledge, that they are either ideas actually imprinted on the senses; o