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exists where half of the population is in ecstasy while the other half are totally miserable, this would not be desirable under th...

This paper consists of five pages and applies the moral imperative of Immanuel Kant to the concept of sexuality. Four sources are...

In five pages this paper offers a comparative analysis of the moral philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Four sour...

In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...

In twelve pages the moral doctrines articulated by German philosopher Immanuel Kant are related to principles of Catholicism and U...

In eight pages this paper assesses the moral and legal responsibilities of Exxon regarding the oil spill with the philosophy of Im...

to consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that th...

In five pages this paper examines the ethics of moral duty within the context of Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill and the politi...

reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

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

non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

to discern between what is true and what is opinion has led humanity toward incredible advances in knowledge over the last several...

can help to guide the decision making and create a firm foundations that will help to ensure that the outcomes are the best possib...

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...

In five pages this paper examines the 'Argument from Design' argument from both sides as considered by David Hume in Dialogues Con...

further examined by comparing the moral reasoning with the stages laid down by Piaget, with more complex and mature reasoning only...

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...

theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...

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...

based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...

In five pages this paper examines the individual rights' differences in opinion between Aristotle and Kant and considers how Kant ...

In five pages this paper discusses morality in a consideration of Immanuel Kant's theories in an examination of the universal free...

always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...