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patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

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

"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...

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

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...

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...

first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...

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

perceive it or try to measure it. Zebrowski (1994) remarks that Kant "denied the reality of passing time" (p.80). For Kant, both ...

exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...

burned an American flag, so although he did not literally speak, his act is still a form of protest. The facts are these: during t...

and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...

to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...

understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...

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...

their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...

for self-defense and that man must rationalize certain behaviors in order to reject common tendencies. Kants viewpoints, argued ...

In arguing with the Empiricists, Kant noted that the mind is necessary in order to quantify experience; that the mind isnt a blank...

have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...

In five pages this report examines how Kant offered philosophical distinctions between right or the responsibilities of justice an...

In five pages this paper examines the concept of 'political moralist' and how it does not apply to Kant's philosophical ideas rega...

This paper provides an in-depth examination of the correlation between economic and political freedom and the modern democratic ch...

way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...

than to go the same direction as everyone else. As such, the student may want to add, it is one of my greatest and...

gory detail, down to the whippings, punishments and general mind control games that overseers regularly played with their slaves. ...

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...

In six pages this research paper defines morality within the context of Kant's philosophy and also considers supreme morality's va...