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

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...

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

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

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...

reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...

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...

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

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

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

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...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

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 ...

chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

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

not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...

according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...

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

In five pages this paper considers 3 formulations regarding a single categorical imperative as presented in this philosophical tre...

In ten pages this paper examines the topics of war, peace, and defense from the perspective of Perpetual Peace and Other Essays by...

In five pages an evaluation of the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant, which contends that there is never an ethical justific...

In ten pages this paper considers the right to bear arms in America in a discussion of community with a comparison of the philosop...

In five pages this paper examines a Supreme Personal Being's role in the religious experiences with beliefs addressed in the philo...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...