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ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...

moral philosophy. It is important to understand that Kant makes a clear distinction between perceiving and thinking, which he cre...

In five pages this paper examines Kant's perspective on moral worth and duty. One source is cited in the bibliography....

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

In arguing with the Empiricists, Kant noted that the mind is necessary in order to quantify experience; that the mind isnt a blank...

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...

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...

In five pages this paper examines the individual rights' differences in opinion between Aristotle and Kant and considers how Kant ...

In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...

de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...

In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...

for self-defense and that man must rationalize certain behaviors in order to reject common tendencies. Kants viewpoints, argued ...

for a time when people often thought of God as the determining factor in their fate. With philosophers like Kant and Mill saying ...

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...

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...

a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...

morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...

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...

have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...

how one determines the parameters of moral law is what he refers to as the "categorical imperative." It offers a valuable framewo...

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

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...