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Ford Pinto Case and the Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant

In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...

Copernican Revolution and Immanuel Kant

way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...

Death Penalty and the Views of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, and Plato

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

Concepts of Julien Offray de La Mettrie and Immanuel Kant

de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...

Arguments Presented in the 2 Prefaces of Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Moral Freedom According to Jean Paul Sartre and Immanuel Kant

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

Crime and Punishment as Viewed by Immanuel Kant, Thomas Hobbes, and Plato

In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...

Aristotle and the Moral Law of Immanuel Kant

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

Euthyphro by Plato and the Reactions of David Hume and Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...

Nietzsche, Kant, and Locke Perspectives on Western Philosophical Causality Since Descartes

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

Philosophical Essay Applications

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

Rousseau, Jefferson, Paine & The Enlightenment

the idea that the aristocracy was inherently better than other socioeconomic classes and, therefore, entitled by their superiority...

The Relevance of Revolutions

happened to be the French Revolution. This ushered in a new period where democracy would create a brave new world. France would en...

Buddhism and Its Teachings: Effective or Ineffective?

old age, death, and finally, a monk "who had given up everything he owned to seek an end to suffering" ("Following the Buddhas Foo...

Faith and Mysticism

The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...

Romantic and Enlightenment Views of Nature

would sweep away the superstitions of the past and replace them with the clear light of reason. Regardless of the discipline in wh...

Enlightenment's Importance

economy was altered. The rural landscape would be replaced for city life, something quite different from what was known. All of th...

Enlightenment's Age of Reason and Thomas Paine

In five pages this essay argues in support of the effectiveness of Thomas Paine's preference for reason over supernatural faith. ...

Relating Kant's Works to the Dismissal of Air Traffic Controllers

In six pages this paper discusses President Ronald Reagan's dismissal of air traffic controllers within the context of Kant's phil...

Kant's Views on Duty and Conscience

felt that a similar approach could be taken with regard to consciousness....

Kant's 'Kantianism Ethics' and Mill's 'Utilitarian Ethics'

This paper offers summary, contrasts, comparisons, and weakness analyses of these ethical philosophies. No additional sources are...

Kant's Moral Theory

there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...

Kant's Interpretation of Jealousy

more righteous than if one was merely envious of anothers success even if the successful person had done nothing wrong. Of course,...

A Comparison of Kant's Enlightened Human Being with Nietzsche's Noble Human Being

human comparable with Kants ideas? For Nietzsche, the noble human being strives to be alone, to stand up for himself, to take on r...

Kant’s Categorical Imperative

right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...

Kant’s Format for Argument

an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...

Criminal Justice and Kant's Categorical Imperative

This essay discusses Kant's categorical imperative as illustrated by applications evident in criminal justice and law enforcement....

Applying Utilitarianism to an Ethical Decision

for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...

Is Cannibalism Ever Justified?

one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...

Ethics: The Views of Aristotle and Kant

life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...