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Essays 211 - 240
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...
"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...
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...
morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...
to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...
and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...
their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...
a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...
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...
for a time when people often thought of God as the determining factor in their fate. With philosophers like Kant and Mill saying ...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical perspectives of Mill and Kant in terms of the similarities and di...
In six pages 7 student posed questions regarding how these philosophers interpret morality and ethics are answered. Four sources ...
ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...
In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...
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....
In five pages this report examines how Kant offered philosophical distinctions between right or the responsibilities of justice an...
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. ...
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...
In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...
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 ...
first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...
exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...