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In three pages these concepts are defined and then the concept of pleasure is examined through an application of Immanuel Kant's c...
physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...
an emotional argument such as that, it is not sufficient to prompt a true, logical conclusion regarding the problem of world hunge...
that school. He points out that the insight that Aristotle provides in "On the Soul" and "On the Generation of Animals" serves as...
this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...
benefit from various government subsidies, it also cheated millions of shareholders using questionable accounting practices design...
costs of replacing the employee should the need arise. This can be examined not only in terms of modern morals and the way it may ...
is the act of lying. Suppose one is held hostage in a similar situation as the one described, but the victim does not have to do a...
In four pages concepts of religion, God, and transcendence are considered in a comparative analysis of Kant's philosophy and Hegel...
a man will not work, he shall not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10). "Work" is not always something that returns money as a reward or p...
of poetry, since it is the expression of imagination that allows for emotional comprehension. Introduction Imagination i...
ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...
Oath. This was traditionally taken by all graduating doctors, but many institutions do not insist on it toady. The original oath h...
of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...
life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...
never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...
not believe that we should be without kings, but that their power should be limited, "That Kings are not superiors to, but adminis...
right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...
an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...
there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...
everyone else acting in the same way" (The categorical imperative). The question then becomes, do we want the law of pre-emptive...
human comparable with Kants ideas? For Nietzsche, the noble human being strives to be alone, to stand up for himself, to take on r...
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...
more righteous than if one was merely envious of anothers success even if the successful person had done nothing wrong. Of course,...
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...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
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...
actually observed. However, this conclusion is also based on a string of assumptions pertaining to phenomena that was not observed...
This essay addresses two topics. First, single versus multiple-cause explanations are discussed and then the writer relates single...