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Essays 241 - 270
morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
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...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
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...
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...
acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...
"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...
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...
other words, relativity really does not have a place in this line of thinking. Kant did to some extent however distinguish betwee...
but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...
how one determines the parameters of moral law is what he refers to as the "categorical imperative." It offers a valuable framewo...
a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...
to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...
and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...
they are wage laborers or business owners. To some extent, Marx has a point, but only to an extent. Kant has a different take on...
their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...
have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...
exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...
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 seven pages whether or not moral claims can be justified is examined philosophically with an integration of views from Foucault...
consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that there...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
the primary location where policy is derived. There are myriad ethical considerations in the daily world of business, and each on...
pundits or the mainstream media happen to be handing out at the moment. This is a process that rekindles a "child-like--but by no ...
drug called Xolair. The problem is that while TNX-901 had proven effective in trials, Xolair had not, especially against peanut al...
In five pages this essay examines Kohlberg's theory of moral development in a consideration of its primary elements....
This paper explores the problems that can occur when attorneys realize moral differences between them and their clients. ...