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Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
director of our own narrative, but we can never say for certain how the story will end. Although we make plans, and try to foresee...
A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...
ideals clearly possessed an understanding that many people had no "maturity" and no real understanding of enlightenment. Kings mis...
the realm of reality as researchers in the United Kingdom produced a cloned sheep and others at the University of Tennessee cloned...
rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...
the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
other ends. Such an end might already exist, or might be something which the actor strives to bring about by his actions. In 4:428...
other words, it must be a universal law. For instance, killing is wrong. That would have universality. If the woman decides she sh...
because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...
lives. If a knife is to someones throat, should he or she lie in order to save his or her life? Many people would say yes, but to ...
an enlightened age?" the answer is, "No, but we do live in an age of enlightenment." " (PG). Kant incidentally does write during t...
In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...
one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...
Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...
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...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...
In five pages this paper discusses happiness and virtue as these concepts relate to Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. Three...
In five pages the Critique of Judgment by Immanuel Kant is discussed in a consideration of the philosopher's sublime concept. Fou...
In five pages this paper considers philosophies of James Mills and Immanuel Kant in a discussion of how philosophy can develop iss...
In 5 pages this paper examines the universal morality philosophy of Immanuel Kant and how it can be applied to daily life. One sou...
This paper consists of five pages and applies the moral imperative of Immanuel Kant to the concept of sexuality. Four sources are...
This paper discusses the societal impacts of homosexuality according to the philosophical perspectives of John Stuart Mill and Imm...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...
exists where half of the population is in ecstasy while the other half are totally miserable, this would not be desirable under th...
In seven pages this research paper examines the ethical theory of Immanuel Kant in a consideration of his lying stance. Four sour...
knowledge and that the tabula rasa hypothesis is a bit outdated, but he rarely goes beyond that. Some seek to validate the...
In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...