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Essays 181 - 210
rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...
the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...
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...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...
to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...
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...
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...
understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...
they are wage laborers or business owners. To some extent, Marx has a point, but only to an extent. Kant has a different take on...
for a time when people often thought of God as the determining factor in their fate. With philosophers like Kant and Mill saying ...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...
for self-defense and that man must rationalize certain behaviors in order to reject common tendencies. Kants viewpoints, argued ...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...
In arguing with the Empiricists, Kant noted that the mind is necessary in order to quantify experience; that the mind isnt a blank...
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 ...
first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...
theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...
"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...
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...