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Overview of Synthetic A Priori Philosophical Judgments

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

Reflective and Determinate Judgment

In three pages these concepts are defined and then the concept of pleasure is examined through an application of Immanuel Kant's c...

'The World's Oldest Profession' as a Degradation of Women

degrading 5. Throughout history we have evidence of right versus wrong; of morality versus immorality 6. In this way, it...

Moral Conduct and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...

Morality Theory of Immanuel Kant

physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...

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...

Pros and Cons of Detaining Suspected Terrorists

detainees captured in the "War on Terror" to civilian detention centers and affording them with all of the due process rights that...

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...

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...

Creating a Personal Ethical Philosophy

that this is wrong. They believe that there is an intrinsic morality and that women should not be executed for committing adultery...

Good Will and Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

any experience they may have gained in this aspect. Rational beings need not confer with others in order to determine a true good ...

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...

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...

Courts and Ethics

technical crime. It is worth noting that ethics is not what values are actually held by the courts or the individuals, but of th...

Physician Drug Freebies and Ethics

first place and eschewing the monetary aspect so often clouding ones ethical perspective. "Looking back now on all previous attem...

Land Mine Marketing and Ethics

area where the mines were laid" (14). Only the most determined and profit-oriented marketer or the one with no sense of moral scru...

Philosophy of Idealism

the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...

Medical Practicing on Newly Dead Bodies and Ethics

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...

Kant's Moral Theory

there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...

Kantian Perspective on Euthanasia

This paper consists of four pages and considers Immanuel Kant's perceived perspectives on euthanasia with its advocacy thereby est...

Autonomy and Immanuel Kant

In eight pages this paper discusses the concept of autonomy within the context of Immanuel Kant's philosophy and in the text Angel...

Two Classical Era Ethical Theorists on Animal Experimentation

comes to the living world as a whole, inasmuch as species perceive issues of control in significantly different ways. If utilitar...

Zen Buddhism Philosophy, Suzuki Roshi, and Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper examines the philosophical similarities and differences between Suzuki Roshi's and Immanuel Kant's theorie...

Kantian Ethics Applied to the Abortion Issue

the nineteenth century, abortion was seen as the only recourse for women who had become pregnant due to being lured into the bed o...

Consequences of Moral Philosophy

In one page this essay considers how Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy on consequences transforms it into the utilitarianism princ...

Consideration of Philosophical Moral Traditions

are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...

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 ...

Analysis of Good Will as Conceptualized by Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper contemplates the 'goodness' of good will as featured in Immanuel Kant's work The Grounding for the Metaph...

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...