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Death Penalty Social and Philosophical Justifications

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

Abortion and Morality

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

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...

Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant

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

3 Classical Philosophies and Animal Rights

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

Humanity Formula of Immanuel Kant

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...

Good and Evil According to Immanuel Kant

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

Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Ethics

the realm of reality as researchers in the United Kingdom produced a cloned sheep and others at the University of Tennessee cloned...

Military Duty and Kantian Ethics

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

Social Contributions of Immanuel Kant

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

Lying and Infidelity

In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...

'Justice as Fairness' and John Rawls

fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...

Changing Times and Unchanging Philosophical Themes

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

Cloning and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

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...

Ethics From Teleological and Deontological Philosophical Perspectives

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

Egoism and Deontology

chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant on Freedom of the Will

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

Philosophers on Moral Theory

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

The Social Contract and Autonomy

world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...

Nestle's Baby Formula Business Ethics Case Study

In eight pages this research paper considers Nestle's practice of providing new mothers in third world nations with free infant fo...

Shaping Business Ethics Philosophically

In this paper consisting of seven pages balance in terms of community interest and self interest are explored as are potential con...

Teaching Police Ethics

In thirty five pages various philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, John Stuart Mill, and Immanuel Kant are incorporated into an ...

Environmental Consciousness and the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

In eight pages this paper assesses the moral and legal responsibilities of Exxon regarding the oil spill with the philosophy of Im...

Philosophers on Morality

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

'Self' and Existence

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

Supreme Personal Being and Religious Experience

In five pages this paper examines a Supreme Personal Being's role in the religious experiences with beliefs addressed in the philo...

Philosophical Arguments Pertaining to God's Existence

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

Immanuel Kant, Support for Tort Reform and Stella Liebeck's Case

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

Kantian Philosophical Perspective on Social Welfare

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 ...