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reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...

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...

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 ...

because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

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...

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...

other words, it must be a universal law. For instance, killing is wrong. That would have universality. If the woman decides she sh...

beautiful. However, how can one make such judgments without purpose? Why is something wrong? If there is no purpose to life no one...

an enlightened age?" the answer is, "No, but we do live in an age of enlightenment." " (PG). Kant incidentally does write during t...

to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...

In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

In six pages this paper examines the differences between public and private social issues according to C.W. Mills in this history ...

hire on other farms (The History Place, 1996). The same year his sister died, he and a friend, Allen Gentry took a flatboat of pr...

speaks volumes. At the very bottom of the ad the words read: "Introducing the all new 2009 Lincoln MKS." Then, right underneath is...

In seven pages this paper discusses how contemporary society defines sexual harassment and considers how the law addresses victimi...

In a paper consisting of five pages the advantages to personal and business relationships offered by eliminating competition accor...

pull up a chair. De Pree correlates the skills of a jazz musician: improvisation, innovation, freedom, and inspiration, with wo...

divert status at least three times a week for the last year, with the exception of the only level one trauma center in Nevada, whi...

In this paper consisting of seven pages this paper examines family integration of children with disabilities according to the find...

In five pages this report examines how Kant offered philosophical distinctions between right or the responsibilities of justice an...

design engineers did not intend for the Pinto to be dangerous in rear-end collisions, so the Kantian perspective essentially would...

deaths resulting from the Pintos faulty design because no one at Ford could know the future. Certainly design engineers did not i...

In nine pages a business dilemma is examined by consulting philosophers Rawls, Mill, and Kant on how to best handle the economic d...

moral philosophy. It is important to understand that Kant makes a clear distinction between perceiving and thinking, which he cre...