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of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...
degrading 5. Throughout history we have evidence of right versus wrong; of morality versus immorality 6. In this way, it...
nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...
In three pages these concepts are defined and then the concept of pleasure is examined through an application of Immanuel Kant's c...
that the morality of choice is based on the greater good. The saying, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" arise...
benefit from various government subsidies, it also cheated millions of shareholders using questionable accounting practices design...
never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...
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...
a certain set of circumstances, and that would not be acceptable as a moral guide. B) Consider a new law that requires people wit...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
As things now stand, much is lacking which prevents men from being, or easily becoming, capable of correctly using their own reaso...
lying promise is ethical, even if it might save the life of a child. Smythe (1998) writes: "As Kant had indicated, we have a duty...
this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...
ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...
In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...
In five pages this report considers how morality can be taught in the public school system by applying the human knowledge theory ...
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...
A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...
ideals clearly possessed an understanding that many people had no "maturity" and no real understanding of enlightenment. Kings mis...
the consequences of human action" (Kemerling, 2001). What Kant is saying is that even if we make a choice to take some sort of act...
Two obvious questions linked with personalized medicine are: * Who can receive such personalized treatment? * Who pays for that pe...
human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...
like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...
was that all humans are born with an inherent worth which he labeled human dignity (Mazur, 1993). He further felt that human dign...
sentence: "Enlightenment is mans emergence from his self-imposed immaturity." He goes on to defined immaturity as the inability t...
divided into public and private rights. Then the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctri...