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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...
In five pages this paper discusses happiness and virtue as these concepts relate to Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. Three...
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...
Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...
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...
actions should not merely be personal. We cannot rely on our actions and motives being righteous and fully ethical if we are doing...
after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...
chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...
to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...
because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...
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...
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 ...
other words, it must be a universal law. For instance, killing is wrong. That would have universality. If the woman decides she sh...
to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...
beautiful. However, how can one make such judgments without purpose? Why is something wrong? If there is no purpose to life no one...
words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...
with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...
circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...
The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...