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expected to develop some form of cancer "or another rapidly debilitating condition and well be dead within a year of getting the d...

every objection. What is perhaps striking is that Mills theory is applicable to a variety of situations. Unlike Kant for ex...

design engineers did not intend for the Pinto to be dangerous in rear-end collisions, so the Kantian perspective essentially would...

deaths resulting from the Pintos faulty design because no one at Ford could know the future. Certainly design engineers did not i...

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

to be stopped by the police following a fight then it is easier to make the decision to report him, rather than if the explanation...

"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...

first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...

they could, through their will, cause their actions to become universal law. Kant held that only those things that have bee...

new. The result was the death of the brand, all ferries were gradually changed to P&O ferries, the name of the parent company, but...

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

he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...

and Kant. While both of these men had many critics, they raised points which even critics contended were worthy of the discussion...

who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...

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

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

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...

understanding. For example, Kants The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) begins with the words: "There can be no doubt that all our kn...

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

in developing nations is broad; the specific interest of a specific NGO depends on the organizations business and its goals for th...

the ability to learn nursings technical complexities and already have full command of ethical values to the point that the can act...

hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...

theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

other words, relativity really does not have a place in this line of thinking. Kant did to some extent however distinguish betwee...

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...

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...