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Essays 121 - 150
is the same condition that essentially puts them in an ethical position to make this choice. The integration of Kants perspective...
In six pages philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and Thomas Aquinas are incorporated into a series of student submitted questions a...
to his awakening and allowed him to become a critical philosopher, "synthesizing the rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of ...
In five pages the philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Rawls are applied to a consideration of whether or not it is ethically ac...
to consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that th...
to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...
actions should not merely be personal. We cannot rely on our actions and motives being righteous and fully ethical if we are doing...
past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...
taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...
after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...
chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...
In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...
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...
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...
one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...
the realm of reality as researchers in the United Kingdom produced a cloned sheep and others at the University of Tennessee cloned...
Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...
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...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...