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event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...

according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...

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...

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

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...

based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...

humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...

boundary. The private information falls within a boundary; the individual believes they own whatever information is included withi...

the backcountry, where the weather gets very dry and then, pass on any of their costs to customers instead of holding the company ...

counselor. Counselors not only have their own set of personal values, they hold a set of professional values. Confidentiality is o...

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

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

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

their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive 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...

to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...

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