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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...
who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...
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...
because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...
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...
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...
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...
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...
freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...
However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...
based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...
delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...
Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...
In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...
past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...
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...
the difference between being able to browse in a bookstore, with no restraint, and being told what one can read or say or think. ...
particularly when a known controversial figure assisted the act? What happened was that Thomas Youk was given a lethal injectio...
according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...
after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...
chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...
of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...