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This 3 page paper is a response to Philippa Foot’s critique of Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative. ...
In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...
the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...
through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the views of Immanuel Kant and John Locke on the concept of government as represen...
In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...
critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is nothing more than a veiled continuation of social domination. Distin...
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...
offer the greatest good to the greatest number, in that the rights of the majority - the workforce - are protected. However, we al...
This paper examines how in Amphiboly of the Concepts of Reflection, Immanuel Kant refutes Locke and Leibniz's theories in 5 pages....
A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...
never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...
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...
life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...
because the customers did not want to be accommodated in tables of four. While the setting might be perfect for Valentines Day whe...
there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...
everyone else acting in the same way" (The categorical imperative). The question then becomes, do we want the law of pre-emptive...
an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...
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...
In five pages this paper examines Kant's perspective on moral worth and duty. One source is cited in the bibliography....
In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...
In five pages this paper examines Kant's philosophical considerations of religion from a moral perspective. Five sources are cite...
it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...
This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...
In five pages this essay compares and contrasts Immanuel Kant's 18th century moral philosophy with that of John Stuart Mill's 19th...
In five pages an examination of spiritual and religious enlightenment past and present is considered in a discussion of Foucault's...
is on a morphine drip to which there is attached only one instruction: decrease the drip when respirations reach four per minute....
any experience they may have gained in this aspect. Rational beings need not confer with others in order to determine a true good ...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...