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"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...
other words, relativity really does not have a place in this line of thinking. Kant did to some extent however distinguish betwee...
theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...
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...
acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...
is the act of lying. Suppose one is held hostage in a similar situation as the one described, but the victim does not have to do a...
are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...
In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...
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 ...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
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 six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...
In five pages this report examines how Kant offered philosophical distinctions between right or the responsibilities of justice an...
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...
ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
for self-defense and that man must rationalize certain behaviors in order to reject common tendencies. Kants viewpoints, argued ...