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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...

other words, it must be a universal law. For instance, killing is wrong. That would have universality. If the woman decides she sh...

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...

because the baby will stop crying, but killing the baby is wrong. The problem is that the test seems to yield false positives (436...

rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...

one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...

conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...

seem to be common sense. Because there are so many belief systems in a melting pot society, why not just let people decide their o...

In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...

In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...

the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...

divided into public and private rights. Then the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctri...

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

In five pages this paper discusses the tort reform laws of Congress, the case of Stella Liebeck, and how each would be supported b...

At the same time, Kant would argue that even if the final result of a mans moral choice is not positive, this does not negate his ...

In six pages this paper examines morality as represented by utilitarianism and as conceptualized by philosophers including Carol G...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

In five pages the social role of justice is evaluated by employing the philosophical views of Plato and Immanuel Kant. Four sourc...

In five pages this paper considers these two philosophers' views regarding empiricism and the origin of reason in a comparative ex...

Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...

that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...

In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...

In twelve pages the moral doctrines articulated by German philosopher Immanuel Kant are related to principles of Catholicism and U...