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Value Theory of Immanuel Kant

not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...

Bad Faith Concept of Jean Paul Sartre

rise to apprehension and fear, the individual then takes refuge in conscious reflection, which forms the second stage. However, th...

Three Differing Views of the Origin of Religion

Tylor asserts that in order to assess a culture, one must approach it from an objective standpoint: if one does not do so, ones ow...

Second Trimester of Pregnancy and Abortion Rights

some point, the fetus has a face, but perhaps cannot survive on its own. The question becomes whether or not this fetus is a human...

Examining Utilitarianism

rule utilitarianism (Pojman and Meagher 223). Act utilitarians are often thought of as consequentialists because they look at the...

Postmodern Cinema and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

For example, the film focuses away from the traditional violence of the western film and the identification of the main characters...

Einhard's The Two Lives of Charlemagne

In five pages tis paper discusses a day in Charlemagne's life from the point of view of one of the King's cautious friends....

Consumer Protection Responsibility and Jack in the Box

In six pages this paper applies Kantian philosophy to Jack in the Box in this examination of consumer protection issues and the fe...

Community Policing and Ethics

In twelve pages community policing is considered from an ethical perspective in terms of virtue, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism wi...

Analyzing 'I Am a Catholic' by Anna Quindlen

In two pages Catholicism's traditional meaning is contrasted with the view presented in Quindlen's contemporary interpretation....

Railroads in Henry David Thoreau's Walden

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's views on railroads through an analysis of Walden passages....

Process of Grieving

In five pages the grieving process is discussed in terms of the Bible and scripture views regarding death and eternal life in the ...

Vocation of Man and Fichte's Philosophy

of vocation of Man, "Faith." "Idealism" is basically a way of perceiving and interpreting reality. Wherein materialism (re...

In Vitro Fertilization and Ethics

by nature to carry. When this occurs, the couple is urged to undergo a procedure where some of the embryos are selectively...

View of E.M. Forster's Room with a View

In five pages this paper discusses a young woman's healthy development as presented in E.M. Forster's Victorian novel Room with a ...

Pursuing and Improving the Soul According to Socrates

control of the United States and establish a dictatorship. Most women in Gilead are infertile after repeated exposure to pesticide...

Boston Public Garden and the USS Constitution

These public areas are contrasted and compared in five pages in terms of structural and viewing considerations....

Women in Heart of Darkness

A 5 page analysis of Joseph Conrad's views on women and civilization. 1 source....

Use Of Shaming In Criminal Sentencing

and overlook the possible social benefits associated with alternative sentencing...If federally imposed mandatory minimum sentence...

Philosophical Views on 'Wrong' Lying

a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...

The Case for Supporting Illegal Immigrants

be wrong. Of course, one only has to look back half a century to see Martin Luther King, Jr. sitting in jail in Birmingham because...

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...

Business Ethics and Ethical Theory

ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...

Ethics and the Media: Lessons from the Dan Rather Scandal

as President against John Kerry. Rathers broadcast suggested that Bush had received preferential treatment by being allowed to se...

Euthanasia and the Christian Perspective

to die, doing nothing about it, and withdrawing things such as machines to assist, passively, in the death of an individual. ...

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...

Martinson: "Views from a Tuft of Grass"

life, which may help to explain why he wrote about it in detail in Views from a tuft of grass. This book is a collection of essays...

The Flaw in Utilitarian Theory

is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...

Decisions from a Moral Perspective

remembered that slavery was legal until the mid-nineteenth century and racism and discrimination were likewise legal until the mid...

Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

of the marketplace by big business (Bittlingmayer, 2002). Catanzaro (2000) accuses President Richard Nixon of using antitrust law ...