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In five pages the pure reason ideal as depicted in this philosophical treatise by Immanuel Kant is analyzed. There are no other s...

Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...

In five pages this paper examines the theories of Immanuel Kant as they relate to morality and making choices based upon ethical c...

that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...

In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

beautiful. However, how can one make such judgments without purpose? Why is something wrong? If there is no purpose to life no one...

to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Scientific reasoning or experimental reasoning is a branch of logic that follows along Deweys pragmatic combination of deduction a...

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

In nine pages this paper examines teaching philosophies in this overview that explores the relationship between philosophy and edu...