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Evaluating On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because ...

John Stuart Mill and Drugs Legalization

prevailing arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on h...

Panhandling, Free Speech, and John Stuart Mill

In five pages this essay discusses Mill's essay 'On Liberty' in a consideration of panhandling prohibition ordinances and freedom ...

Comparing John Stuart Mill and Mary Wollstonecraft's Ideas About Female Emancipation

live up to its promises. Mill realized that the male had practically unlimited power over the woman and that the institution of ...

Overview of Synthetic A Priori Philosophical Judgments

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

'The World's Oldest Profession' as a Degradation of Women

degrading 5. Throughout history we have evidence of right versus wrong; of morality versus immorality 6. In this way, it...

Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke and Adam Smith on the Enlightenment

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

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals and the Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...

Immanuel Kant's Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals and David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...

Immanuel Kant's Theories on Ethics

ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...

Something is Rotten in Hondo; An Ethical Case Study

in that area, only fifteen miles down the road, accepting that level of emission as long as the plant is staffed only by Mexican w...

The Difficult Questions Asked in Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'

perceives as her "rival." Rather they listen to the girl, and in the case of all good villains she switches the blame, "She is b...

Morality and Man According to John Locke

In five pages Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is referenced in a discussion of the philosopher's perspectives rega...

Considerations in Humanitarian Intervention

sometimes a culturally driven process. It is the product of the morals and ethics of the entities involved on both sides of the s...

Immorality of Deforestation Questioned

of an action is determined only by the welfare of individuals (2003). It is important to note that this topic involves the environ...

Act Utilitarianism and Rule Utilitarianism

In six pages this essay defines utilitarianism and then attempts to answer 'Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarian...

Types of Utilitarianism

This 5 page paper defines the philosophy of utilitarianism and differentiates between act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. ...

Freedom According to Smith, Mill, and de Tocqueville, Mill

In a paper consisting of 8 pages these 3 theorists and their concepts of freedom are contrasted and compared with de Tocqueville's...

Morality

shows that not all people think alike. For example, God had commanded that man should not steal. Yet, is it morally right to steal...

Dickens/Utilitarianism & Hard Times

he is absolute appalled that Sissy does not know the scientific definition for "horse," and that his own children have been tempte...

Baptism And Ablution

ritual in pagan religions for the purpose of purifying oneself (Barnes 2000). Although the term baptism is not found in the Old ...

Excerpt from The Silent Partners by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

for diseases. The workers are constantly fatigued from the long hours, some rooms are too hot, others too cold, some dripping with...

Utilitarianism: The Views of Bentham and Mill Compared

matters and this aspect of Benthams theory is called hedonistic utilitarianism ("Utilitarianism," 2005). Bentham (1988) further s...

The Use of Utilitarianism in Corporate America

This 8 page paper explains the theories of both Bentham and Mill, and argues that corporate America should embrace a mild form of ...

Infant Formula Marketing by Nestle and Morality

study, many infants actually died as a result because the women could not properly store the man-made food. Here, the moral dile...

Subjectivist vs. Rationalist Philosophical Theories

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

Modernity, Postmodernity, and the Moral Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...

What is Enlightenment? by Immanuel Kant

an enlightened age?" the answer is, "No, but we do live in an age of enlightenment." " (PG). Kant incidentally does write during t...

Sin and Free Will as Viewed by Jean Paul Sartre

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

Apperception Principle of Immanuel Kant

circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...