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a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...

that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...

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

prevents not only the slaves but the Christians who own them from becoming enlightened through religion. Clearly, Immanual Kant a...

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

from Jodie to Mary. The venous return passes from Mary to Jodie through a united inferior vena cava and other venous channels in t...

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

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

he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

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

in developing nations is broad; the specific interest of a specific NGO depends on the organizations business and its goals for th...

the ability to learn nursings technical complexities and already have full command of ethical values to the point that the can act...

In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...

acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...

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...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...

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...

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

an enlightened age?" the answer is, "No, but we do live in an age of enlightenment." " (PG). Kant incidentally does write during t...

lives. If a knife is to someones throat, should he or she lie in order to save his or her life? Many people would say yes, but to ...

because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...

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

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...