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In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

perceive it or try to measure it. Zebrowski (1994) remarks that Kant "denied the reality of passing time" (p.80). For Kant, both ...

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

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...

worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...

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...

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...

Psychologists must live by the APA Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct. They will be sanctioned if they violate these principle...

can be with all the media attention and the fame. They are Christians, which most people know, and they seem to apparently listen ...

the primary location where policy is derived. There are myriad ethical considerations in the daily world of business, and each on...

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

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

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

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