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Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke and Adam Smith on the Enlightenment

In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...

Criminal Justice and Kant's Categorical Imperative

This essay discusses Kant's categorical imperative as illustrated by applications evident in criminal justice and law enforcement....

Kant’s Format for Argument

an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...

Ethics: The Views of Aristotle and Kant

life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...

Fluor's Dedication to Integrity

there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...

Kant, the Categorical Imperative and the Invasion of Iraq

everyone else acting in the same way" (The categorical imperative). The question then becomes, do we want the law of pre-emptive...

Kant's Interpretation of Jealousy

more righteous than if one was merely envious of anothers success even if the successful person had done nothing wrong. Of course,...

Is Cannibalism Ever Justified?

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...

Kant on the End of All Things and Perpetual Peace

never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...

Modern Education and Immanuel Kant's Philosophy

working out the Critical philosophy. According to Bowman (1999), this quote articulates the chief motivation of the Critical philo...

Duty of the Individual and Immanuel Kant

In six pages Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant is examined in a consideration of perfect and imperfect dut...

Moral Liberalism, Moral Communitarianism, and Moral Relativism

it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...

Three Questions of Philosophy

This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...

Influence of David Hume on Immanuel Kant

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

Philosophy of an Enlightened Age

In five pages an examination of spiritual and religious enlightenment past and present is considered in a discussion of Foucault's...

Duty According to Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper examines Kant's perspective on moral worth and duty. One source is cited in the bibliography....

Moral Philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts Immanuel Kant's 18th century moral philosophy with that of John Stuart Mill's 19th...

Philosophy and Morality

a certain set of circumstances, and that would not be acceptable as a moral guide. B) Consider a new law that requires people wit...

Structural Engineering and Ethics

In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...

Kant's 'Enlightenment' and Freedom of Speech

freedom of speech as well as to be able to use reason publicly in all matters without fear of retribution, is very important. It i...

Skepticism and the Existence of God

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

An Ethical Personal Code

considered moral to steal or lie. Anti-abortion activists have taken this a step further, considering their murdering of abortion ...

Theology and the Impact of the Enlightenment

As things now stand, much is lacking which prevents men from being, or easily becoming, capable of correctly using their own reaso...

Philosophers on God's Existence

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

Something is Rotten in Hondo; An Ethical Case Study

in that area, only fifteen miles down the road, accepting that level of emission as long as the plant is staffed only by Mexican w...

Hume, Kant, and Descartes' Teleological, Ontological, and Cosmological Arguments and God's Existence Criticisms

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

Skepticism of David Hume Answered by Immanuel Kant

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

Doing Good and Medical Ethics

Oath. This was traditionally taken by all graduating doctors, but many institutions do not insist on it toady. The original oath h...

Immanuel Kant's Theories on Ethics

ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...

Enron Scandal and Business Ethics

benefit from various government subsidies, it also cheated millions of shareholders using questionable accounting practices design...