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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...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

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

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

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

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

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

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 looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

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

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

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

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

knowledge and that the tabula rasa hypothesis is a bit outdated, but he rarely goes beyond that. Some seek to validate the...

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

In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...

to what is art often comes up. Can the medium, or materials used-be it urine or elephant dung which modern artists have been known...

particularly when a known controversial figure assisted the act? What happened was that Thomas Youk was given a lethal injectio...

actions should not merely be personal. We cannot rely on our actions and motives being righteous and fully ethical if we are doing...

past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...