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Essays 271 - 300
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
costs of replacing the employee should the need arise. This can be examined not only in terms of modern morals and the way it may ...
In four pages concepts of religion, God, and transcendence are considered in a comparative analysis of Kant's philosophy and Hegel...
of poetry, since it is the expression of imagination that allows for emotional comprehension. Introduction Imagination i...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
Oath. This was traditionally taken by all graduating doctors, but many institutions do not insist on it toady. The original oath h...
of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...
first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...
degrading 5. Throughout history we have evidence of right versus wrong; of morality versus immorality 6. In this way, it...
everyone else acting in the same way" (The categorical imperative). The question then becomes, do we want the law of pre-emptive...
an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...
freedom of speech as well as to be able to use reason publicly in all matters without fear of retribution, is very important. It i...
an emotional argument such as that, it is not sufficient to prompt a true, logical conclusion regarding the problem of world hunge...
considered moral to steal or lie. Anti-abortion activists have taken this a step further, considering their murdering of abortion ...
exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...
this is the case, then the moral act was morally good independently of Gods will, which is inconsistent with DCT (Holt, 2003). DCT...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
perceive it or try to measure it. Zebrowski (1994) remarks that Kant "denied the reality of passing time" (p.80). For Kant, both ...
As things now stand, much is lacking which prevents men from being, or easily becoming, capable of correctly using their own reaso...
life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...
understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...
any experience they may have gained in this aspect. Rational beings need not confer with others in order to determine a true good ...
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...
right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...
never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...
one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...
human comparable with Kants ideas? For Nietzsche, the noble human being strives to be alone, to stand up for himself, to take on r...
there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...
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...