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Social engineering theories threaten U.S. combat effectiveness

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's first test in the national security arena after taking the oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States is likely to come not from al-Qaida or Iran or the Taliban in Afghanistan but from within his own Democratic Party.

Thinking about life: Revolutionary words

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- In a famous passage of his History of the Peloponnesian War, the Greek general and historian Thucydides describes the frightful anomie that spread throughout th

Thinking about life: Epicurism

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- "Eat drink and be merry!" Many people consider that a fair summary of the Epicurean philosophy, named for its founder, the Athenian philosopher Epicurus who liv

Thinking about life: Altruism an Illusion?

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- One of the most generous people I know, a doctor, denies that there is such a thing as altruism.

Thinking about life: Michel Foucault

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- You do not have to be a student of philosophy to have heard the name Michel Foucault.

Plutarch: At best a name to most people

NEW YORK, July 1 (UPI) -- Like all ancient authors today, Plutarch is at best a name to most people, even to most college-educated people. You, dear reader, belong to a select group, because you know that Plutarch was a Greek biographer and moral philosopher.

Thinking about life: Jean-Paul Sartre

NEW YORK, June 3 (UPI) -- It is difficult to recall now the celebrity that the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) enjoyed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Thinking about life: Utilitarian fantasy

NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) -- A couple of months ago, my wife and I were having dinner at the Garrick Club in London with an eminent political philosopher and his wife.

Thinking about life: Legalized killing

NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- On Monday it was reported The Netherlands had voted to legalize euthanasia -- sometimes called "mercy killing" -- which has long been practiced there.

Thinking About Life: Difficult Questions

NEW YORK, March 4 (UPI) -- Philosophy is littered with questions that are easily stated but difficult to answer.

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