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experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

have been the fact that the individual has MS or CP or some other disease. Another reason might have been that they simply were no...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...

steeled and a heart trans- formed into brass, so as to bear the weight of such responsibility" (Nietzsche, p.129). One can see tha...

will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...

sure it exists". Background Since the division of Palestine in 1947 and the creation of the new state of Israel in 1948 whi...

ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...

In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...

This research report examines the theories of Descartes and how knowledge and the intellect relate to experiential knowledge. The ...

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...

In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...

the idea that indeed, there is something that is true and real. Whether or not individual human beings know what that is, is besid...

Management In the past it may be argued that knowledge management was a potential source of competitive advantage, but i...

the distinction between good and evil that is recognizable and notable. In order to understand the link between Nietzsches prem...

Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...

from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...

relevant. It seems that in part, Nietzsches ideas could have prompted anti-Semitism and the government types that would culminate ...

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

And Nietzsche might agree. After all, if morality is a fluke, then everything is okay. Of course, in other writings, Nietzsche di...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...

2001). In addition to a belief in nothing, nihilists often have an impulse to destroy perhaps anything that is based on a belief s...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...

revert back to the beast rather than surpass mankind? What is the ape to a man? A laughing-stock, a thing of shame. And just so...

In five pages this research paper examines this 1887 text by Friedrich Nietzsche in a conceptual analysis of democratic prejudice ...

In five pages this paper examines the paradigm of master and slave throughout history as determined by Friedrich Nietzsche. There...