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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...
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...
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 ...
an enlightened age?" the answer is, "No, but we do live in an age of enlightenment." " (PG). Kant incidentally does write during t...
one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...
non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...
humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...
based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...
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, ...
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...
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...
reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...
significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are ass...
conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...
freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...
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...
ideals clearly possessed an understanding that many people had no "maturity" and no real understanding of enlightenment. Kings mis...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
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...
knowledge and that the tabula rasa hypothesis is a bit outdated, but he rarely goes beyond that. Some seek to validate the...
looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...
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...
This paper consists of five pages and applies the moral imperative of Immanuel Kant to the concept of sexuality. Four sources are...
This paper discusses the societal impacts of homosexuality according to the philosophical perspectives of John Stuart Mill and Imm...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...