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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...
benefit from various government subsidies, it also cheated millions of shareholders using questionable accounting practices design...
never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
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...
As things now stand, much is lacking which prevents men from being, or easily becoming, capable of correctly using their own reaso...
ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...
this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
In five pages this report considers how morality can be taught in the public school system by applying the human knowledge theory ...
In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...
In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...
In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...
rise to apprehension and fear, the individual then takes refuge in conscious reflection, which forms the second stage. However, th...
A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...
ideals clearly possessed an understanding that many people had no "maturity" and no real understanding of enlightenment. Kings mis...
the consequences of human action" (Kemerling, 2001). What Kant is saying is that even if we make a choice to take some sort of act...
human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...
like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...
Two obvious questions linked with personalized medicine are: * Who can receive such personalized treatment? * Who pays for that pe...
was that all humans are born with an inherent worth which he labeled human dignity (Mazur, 1993). He further felt that human dign...
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...
reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...
significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are ass...
who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...
delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...
freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...
Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...
However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...