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a certain set of circumstances, and that would not be acceptable as a moral guide. B) Consider a new law that requires people wit...

significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are ass...

they could, through their will, cause their actions to become universal law. Kant held that only those things that have bee...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

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

for a time when people often thought of God as the determining factor in their fate. With philosophers like Kant and Mill saying ...

after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...

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

who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...

morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...

In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical perspectives of Mill and Kant in terms of the similarities and di...

This paper discusses the societal impacts of homosexuality according to the philosophical perspectives of John Stuart Mill and Imm...

Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...

In eight pages this research paper considers Nestle's practice of providing new mothers in third world nations with free infant fo...

In this paper consisting of seven pages balance in terms of community interest and self interest are explored as are potential con...

In one page this essay considers how Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy on consequences transforms it into the utilitarianism princ...

are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...

In five pages the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and utilitarian philosophy of John Stuart Mill are contrasted with the c...

direct encounter with value occurs in the experience of pleasure. Delight or felt satisfaction was, according to his official vie...

In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...

irresistible force" and the result would be the establishment of the perfect civil constitution (Kant 45-46). Mans complicity in ...

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...

The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...

This 3 page paper is a response to Philippa Foot’s critique of Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative. ...

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

There is no question that through Jeffersons influence, the United States of America was built on a foundation of democracy and li...

(Jordan, 1988, PG). Jeffersons Virginia was one that saw the utility of party divisions. While differences in opinion in politi...

to the human condition. In fact, many of the existing laws in England today, are based upon his work. Assuming that his words ar...