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This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...

considered moral to steal or lie. Anti-abortion activists have taken this a step further, considering their murdering of abortion ...

that school. He points out that the insight that Aristotle provides in "On the Soul" and "On the Generation of Animals" serves as...

a man will not work, he shall not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10). "Work" is not always something that returns money as a reward or p...

Oath. This was traditionally taken by all graduating doctors, but many institutions do not insist on it toady. The original oath h...

In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...

subordinate roles, and achieves goals through conformity. 5) Enterprising -- person prefers verbal skills in situations, which pro...

made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...

life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...

very distinct physical characteristics (Clinton Community College, n.d.). Examples include a flattened nose, very large jaws, stro...

new. The result was the death of the brand, all ferries were gradually changed to P&O ferries, the name of the parent company, but...

the primary location where policy is derived. There are myriad ethical considerations in the daily world of business, and each on...

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...

ideals clearly possessed an understanding that many people had no "maturity" and no real understanding of enlightenment. Kings mis...

there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...

lives. If a knife is to someones throat, should he or she lie in order to save his or her life? Many people would say yes, but to ...

an enlightened age?" the answer is, "No, but we do live in an age of enlightenment." " (PG). Kant incidentally does write during t...

other words, it must be a universal law. For instance, killing is wrong. That would have universality. If the woman decides she sh...

fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

other ends. Such an end might already exist, or might be something which the actor strives to bring about by his actions. In 4:428...

one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...

the realm of reality as researchers in the United Kingdom produced a cloned sheep and others at the University of Tennessee cloned...

rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

they are wage laborers or business owners. To some extent, Marx has a point, but only to an extent. Kant has a different take on...