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never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...
lying promise is ethical, even if it might save the life of a child. Smythe (1998) writes: "As Kant had indicated, we have a duty...
As things now stand, much is lacking which prevents men from being, or easily becoming, capable of correctly using their own reaso...
for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...
The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...
felt that a similar approach could be taken with regard to consciousness....
In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...
In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...
In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...
this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...
the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...
seem to be common sense. Because there are so many belief systems in a melting pot society, why not just let people decide their o...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...
In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...
In ten pages this paper discusses goodness through the concepts of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant and discusses how in assista...
sentence: "Enlightenment is mans emergence from his self-imposed immaturity." He goes on to defined immaturity as the inability t...
Two obvious questions linked with personalized medicine are: * Who can receive such personalized treatment? * Who pays for that pe...
divided into public and private rights. Then the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctri...
This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...
"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...
points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...
non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...
humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...
delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...
who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...
significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are ass...