YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Critique of the Works of Immanuel Kant
Essays 211 - 240
contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...
In five pages this paper examines the concept of 'political moralist' and how it does not apply to Kant's philosophical ideas rega...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical perspectives of Mill and Kant in terms of the similarities and di...
In six pages 7 student posed questions regarding how these philosophers interpret morality and ethics are answered. Four sources ...
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...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
other words, relativity really does not have a place in this line of thinking. Kant did to some extent however distinguish betwee...
In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...
and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...
a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...
morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...
acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...
worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...
is the act of lying. Suppose one is held hostage in a similar situation as the one described, but the victim does not have to do a...
are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
for a time when people often thought of God as the determining factor in their fate. With philosophers like Kant and Mill saying ...
they are wage laborers or business owners. To some extent, Marx has a point, but only to an extent. Kant has a different take on...
understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...
their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...
always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...
In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...
de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
In six pages this research paper defines morality within the context of Kant's philosophy and also considers supreme morality's va...