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it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...

rule-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism "supposes that each particular action should be evaluated solely by references to its own ...

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

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...

In three pages these concepts are defined and then the concept of pleasure is examined through an application of Immanuel Kant's c...

degrading 5. Throughout history we have evidence of right versus wrong; of morality versus immorality 6. In this way, it...

an emotional argument such as that, it is not sufficient to prompt a true, logical conclusion regarding the problem of world hunge...

physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...

the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...

first place and eschewing the monetary aspect so often clouding ones ethical perspective. "Looking back now on all previous attem...

area where the mines were laid" (14). Only the most determined and profit-oriented marketer or the one with no sense of moral scru...

any experience they may have gained in this aspect. Rational beings need not confer with others in order to determine a true good ...

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

never having existed at all (Kant). He also points out that we have "nothing before us that could now teach us anything about our ...

As things now stand, much is lacking which prevents men from being, or easily becoming, capable of correctly using their own reaso...

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...

of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others" (Mill). Thus, he does advocate freedom to a great extent...

distinguishes between the activities of the practical and intellectual virtues, with the activities of political virtue having a s...

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the differences and similarities in the writings of these poets, essayists, and phi...

respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...

prevailing arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on h...

In five pages this essay discusses Mill's essay 'On Liberty' in a consideration of panhandling prohibition ordinances and freedom ...

Stuart Mill (that is, if they had been contemporaries). Both men believed that the greatest threat posed by democratic rule was in...

keep order and lock up criminals and investigate injustices, but it is not governments job to tell the people how to live their li...

The individuality concepts of Wilde and Mill are contrated and compated in a paper consisting of six pages....

In five pages this paper discusses Aristotle and J.S. Mill in a contrast and comparison of their moral philosophies. Two sources ...

own time. It was that goal of establishing principles that formed his viewpoint regarding the character of a person and how a pers...

this chapter, the highest normative principle involves the idea that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happ...

public opinion than when in opposition to it" (Mill 76). When assessing the notion of progress and how it related to Mills...