The hierarchical position espoused by Aristotle, Kant, and many others all saw women as inferior types of men. Whereas the anti-hierarchical position takes the view that women are as good as men and not different at all. ... "(123A) Moral pluralism is yet to be applied to the issue of sex differences however, so a clear view of how we ought to embrace the differences within our species remains not fully understood. ... Midgley stated almost exactly the same idea. ... It must be noted that Mary Midgley would have stated the question differently, possibly "what is a person, how are people di...

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In the 4th century philosophers such as Aristotle realized that those under pressure are just as likely to give false evidence as true. ... When someone is being tortured you are mistreating someone at a very vulnerable state. ... There will be some men in an army that will actually enjoy torturing captives. ... It corrupts and degrades the state which uses it and the legal system which accepts it (Lord Hoffmann, British judge). ... In this situation it is said that a prisoner has information that could save thousands of lives as long as he gives it up within a certain deadline. ...

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Psyche Although willing to provide a common account of the soul in these general terms, Aristotle devotes most of his energy in De Anima to detailed investigations of the soul's individual capacities or faculties, which he first lists as nutrition, perception, and mind, with perception receiving the lion's share of attention.  ... In fact, the frequent use of myths in many of his poems proves that, Tennyson believed not to stagnate in a melancholic state. ...

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