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In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...

physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...

an emotional argument such as that, it is not sufficient to prompt a true, logical conclusion regarding the problem of world hunge...

degrading 5. Throughout history we have evidence of right versus wrong; of morality versus immorality 6. In this way, it...

As things now stand, much is lacking which prevents men from being, or easily becoming, capable of correctly using their own reaso...

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...

sentence: "Enlightenment is mans emergence from his self-imposed immaturity." He goes on to defined immaturity as the inability t...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

perceive it or try to measure it. Zebrowski (1994) remarks that Kant "denied the reality of passing time" (p.80). For Kant, both ...

divided into public and private rights. Then the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctri...

freedom of speech as well as to be able to use reason publicly in all matters without fear of retribution, is very important. It i...

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

first place and eschewing the monetary aspect so often clouding ones ethical perspective. "Looking back now on all previous attem...

area where the mines were laid" (14). Only the most determined and profit-oriented marketer or the one with no sense of moral scru...

any experience they may have gained in this aspect. Rational beings need not confer with others in order to determine a true good ...

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...

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...

never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...

A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...

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

a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...

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...

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

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

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

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 ...