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In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...
"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...
In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....
not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...
worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...
theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...
their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...
to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...
and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...
a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...
morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...
acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
moral philosophy. It is important to understand that Kant makes a clear distinction between perceiving and thinking, which he cre...
contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...
way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical perspectives of Mill and Kant in terms of the similarities and di...
In six pages 7 student posed questions regarding how these philosophers interpret morality and ethics are answered. Four sources ...
ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...
but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...
first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...
how one determines the parameters of moral law is what he refers to as the "categorical imperative." It offers a valuable framewo...
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...