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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 ...
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...
because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...
rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...
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...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
that rules, in and of themselves, are not sacred or absolute (Crain, 2009). For example, if a child hears a scenario in which one ...
further examined by comparing the moral reasoning with the stages laid down by Piaget, with more complex and mature reasoning only...
The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...
In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...
In nine pages this paper examines teaching philosophies in this overview that explores the relationship between philosophy and edu...
In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...
exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...
In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....
de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...
In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...
way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
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 paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...
contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...
ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical perspectives of Mill and Kant in terms of the similarities and di...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
In five pages this report examines how Kant offered philosophical distinctions between right or the responsibilities of justice an...