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seem to be common sense. Because there are so many belief systems in a melting pot society, why not just let people decide their o...

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

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

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

The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...

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...

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

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 ...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

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...

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

rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...

Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...

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

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...

the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...

this is the case, then the moral act was morally good independently of Gods will, which is inconsistent with DCT (Holt, 2003). DCT...

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...

the backcountry, where the weather gets very dry and then, pass on any of their costs to customers instead of holding the company ...

IQ and has long been a widely used method, particularly with regard to gifted or educationally-challenged children. The results o...

In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...

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

ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...

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 ...