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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...

In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

how one determines the parameters of moral law is what he refers to as the "categorical imperative." It offers a valuable framewo...

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...

theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...

first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...

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...

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...

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...

acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...

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...

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...

were called-(5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephes...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Flexible was created in 1984 (MOCA.org [3], 2008). It is "Acrylic and oil paintstick on wood" and measures "1...

make it legitimate? That question I think I can answer" (Rousseau, 1762). The philosophers answer is in fact the social contract....

In five pages this paper examines justice and social good in a contrast and comparison of the perspectives of John Locke and Jean ...

at the essential nature of man. The nature of man is such that it is a favorite subject of philosophers. Hobbes for example sees t...

of teenage girls who were having what appeared to be seizure-like attacks that initially started the witch hunt. After they thras...

In five pages this story is analyzed in terms of the importance of color symbolism. There are no other sources listed....

In five pages this paper examines life and humanity in a comparison of the short stories Paul Fussell's 'Thank God for the Atom Bo...

what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meant again, so that I will not cause him to fall" (I Cor. 8:13). ...

can be different for different people with the interpretation being subjectvie. By looking at this work there is a reflection of...

In six pages these works are contrasted and compared regarding the theorists' radical differences regarding the individual and rel...

In twenty pages the relationship that exists between natural law ans sovereignty is examined through such philosophical perspectiv...