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how one determines the parameters of moral law is what he refers to as the "categorical imperative." It offers a valuable framewo...

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...

morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...

theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...

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...

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

other words, relativity really does not have a place in this line of thinking. Kant did to some extent however distinguish betwee...

worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...

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...

are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

In five pages compatible economic theory, political ideology, and concepts of liberty are examined within the context of Liberalis...

In five pages this paper examines how the principles outlined in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan define what should be regarded as true l...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these philosophers' perspectives on liberty based upon Rousseau's First and Second...

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the meanings of liberty and freedom presented in James Madison's Federalist Paper and...

Stuart Mill (that is, if they had been contemporaries). Both men believed that the greatest threat posed by democratic rule was in...

keep order and lock up criminals and investigate injustices, but it is not governments job to tell the people how to live their li...

respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...

Paine disagreed and argued that all governments are bad and that only society is good but even he conceded that "governments are n...

be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others" (Mill PG). Thus,...

of itself, is not the end of the line in relation to the state of religious toleration, inasmuch as its very definition is that of...

this is a ludicrous statement because if the sun did not rise, there would be no life as human beings need the sun in order for th...

what the concept of rights truly meant to the populace as a whole, with his general consensus reflecting the respect for and appre...

in order to protect society. Mill does advocate freedom to a great extent, but not to the extent that it hurts other members of th...

does not have to reside in the United States. They do so by choice and so, what is a concern is that the people obey the law while...

2004). When fighting broke out, Patrick Henry rose to the position of commander in chief of the states troops, "but he was preven...

and the rights of privacy prevented a more proactive actions being taken to find these threats. This is a core element of the argu...

This research paper consults Eric Foner's "Give Me Liberty" to discuss various issues in U.S. History, such as the nature of liber...

property") and the prohibition of any branch of the U.S. government to conduct unlawful search and seizure investigations against ...