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Nietzsche's Metaethics: A Eudaimonistic Theory, An Investigation into Nietzsche's Theory of Value (thesis)
In this paper, I will first outline how modern philosophers typically make the distinction between non-moral and moral value. The rest of the paper will be divided into three parts: first Brian Leiter's interpretation of ... -
Nietzsche's Overman, the Will to Power, and the Absolute Telos
Nietzsche focuses on the idea of the ideal individual as an underlying and vital theme in all of his writing. He examines the question of how man should live his life in this world. His answer encompasses his critique of ... -
Nietzsche, Personal Honor, and the Concept of Honor at Washington and Lee University
Having spent four years at Washington and Lee University, I have been and continue to be impacted by our Honor System daily in both subtle and explicit ways. As a freshman, I heard the "Leave Now" speech in Lee Chapel and ... -
Nietzsche: Genealogy and the Spirit of Moral Revaluation
Nietzsche is concerned with the lack of value that threatens the moral structure upon which man has relied for generations. He challenges us, therefore, to reflect upon our moral history in a new way. His use of a genealogy ... -
The Nine Friends of Suzhou: A Study of Traditional Chinese Fan Painting from the Qing Dynasty in the Groke Mickey Collection at Washington and Lee University
The Groke Mickey Fan Collection at the Reeves Center of Washington and Lee University represents a variety of styles and trends during the closing years of the Qing Dynasty in China. By choosing to look at this selection ... -
No Child Left Behind and the Achievement Gap: Disadvantaged Students Are No Better Off Than Before. Now What?
It is clear that students are entering school with gaps, but from factors that are somewhat malleable. There is a potential for recovery from coming in with gaps, particularly related to health and nutrition. Tanner et al ... -
No Strings Attached: Fernando Botero's "Boy Playing Guitar" in Context
This thesis serves to expand upon our understanding of Fernando Botero's early career through the analysis of an undocumented work entitled "Boy Playing Guitar." This painting is a crucial work in Botero's early stylistic ... -
Nominations - 1964 Mock Convention (audiorecording)
(Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1964) -
Nominations - 1964 Mock Convention (audiorecording)
(Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1964) -
Nominations - 1964 Mock Convention (audiorecording)
(Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1964) -
Nominations - 1964 Mock Convention (audiorecording)
(Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1964) -
Nominations - 1964 Mock Convention (audiorecording)
(Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1964) -
Nominations - 1964 Mock Convention (audiorecording)
(Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1964) -
A Non-Invasive Method of Influencing the Distribution of Noise in Human Brain Activity (thesis)
While noise in brain activity has been studied for many years, new theoretical considerations suggest that this noise may be an important and even essential part of normal brain functioning. Here we describe a technique ... -
Normative Volume Development of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract (poster)
Abundant research has shown that in most neural systems, mature synaptic relationships are fine-tuned during development. One correlate of such fine tuning is changes in axon termination patterns. Our lab has previously ... -
Norms of Composition Operators on the Hardy Space
This thesis covers Hilbert spaces, Hardy spaces, their properties, and composition operators. -
Not All African Women Want to be Saved: Examining Colonialism and Cultural Relativism in the Female Genital Cutting Discourse Using the Capabilities Approach
In this paper, I use Sen and Nussbaum's capabilities approach to examine the global female genital cutting debate. In doing so, I explore how and why African feminists protest the intrusion of Western feminism into this ... -
The (not always sweet) uses of opportunism: post-communist political parties in Poland
(Final published version of article copyrighted by Elsevier, 2008)The author argues that political opportunism, an attitude common among communist party members before 1989, turned into both the blessing and the curse for post-communist parties in Poland. Once hopeful of secure careers ... -
"Not sorry at all": Trump and Rockbridge County (thesis)
The documentary itself is set up in three sections. First, it examines the backstory of the three major characters, because Trump's election did not just happen because of current conditions. It was a product of years of ...