Phaedrus believes that Quality cannot be real‚ but that it also can be. He’s caught in a trap of what quality is‚ and how you explain it. Somethings are better than other things‚ but when trying to distinguish why there’s no way of knowing. If everyone doesn’t know what quality is why it real? Phaedrus believes that quality is practical and that clearly somethings are better than others. We tend to impulsively split the world into smaller things and categories to better understand it. Quality is
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Title How is one to determine one’s moral obligation? What is one ought to do in a given situation and how exactly should we go about calculating and determining which actions we should do? The first principle that we will examine is the Simple Principle‚ which is a principle that says‚ of the available actions‚ one should do the action that will produce the best outcome. Liam B. Murphy in “The Demands of Beneficence” argue that the Simple Principle‚ requires too much from a person especially
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In Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he sets forth to explain the relationship between actions and their moral worth. In this paper‚ I will begin by explaining what determines the moral worth of actions based on the three types of motivations‚ distinguishing particularly between actions from duty versus in accordance with duty. Then‚ I will explain the seeming contradiction set forth in Kant’s examples of actions from duty. Finally‚ I will describe how Kant believes that most actions
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Autonomy/Heteronomy/Free Will/Classical Conditioning: What does each individually and holistically argue? And how‚ if possible‚ can they be related? What does it mean fundamentally to us as human? Kant argues that we as human beings have pure practical reason‚ to which he means that we are able to construct rationality from various thought processes an act accordingly given those measures because we are persons capable and worthy of respect. According to Kant we own ourselves and by being autonomous
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In the First Section of The Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant presents an argument stating that ‘happiness’ is not‚ in fact‚ the ultimate and highest end for any being with reason and will‚ but that the true end for these beings is a will that is good in and of itself‚ without condition. Kant bases this argument on his belief that the “cultivation of reason”‚ which is made necessary for the attainment of an unconditionally good will‚ in many ways‚ restricts the attainment of ‘happiness’
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Proposition 30 For the last couple of years‚ students have been struggling to enroll in college courses and colleges have been struggling with offering more courses due to school budget cuts. Statistics showed that since 2007‚ class sections have dropped about 24% and enrollment decreased according to L.A Times. More than 470‚000 students started the semester on the waiting list due to the insufficient number of courses the colleges had to offer due to the major budget cuts. Also many colleges
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These four propositions lead to a contradiction that is the cause of the mind-body problem. There are three main approaches to this problem‚ which each state that at least 1 of the propositions must be false. Materialism is the philosophical doctrine that minds and bodies are completely physical; they are spatial and subject to physical law. Idealism which states the world is wholly spiritual; it is neither spatial not subject to physical law but still has consciousness and intentionality. Finally
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reforms and solutions to an ongoing crisis.Likewise‚ California Proposition 47 is an attempt‚ along with Proposition 36‚ to begin the long awaited prison reforms. Thus‚ with the political enthusiasm surrounding Proposition 47‚ there came groups of supporters and opponents making political arguments regarding the ballot measure. One of the central arguments against of the Proposition 47‚ initiated by Californians Against Proposition 47‚ suggested that a proposal will “reclassify a wide range of [serious
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“Categorical Inequality: Schools As Sorting Machines‚” by Thurston Domina‚ Andrew Penner‚ and Emily Penner‚ discuss the concept of categorical inequality and how it presents itself in modern educational research. According to Domina and Penner‚ there are many issues today about the educational policy system including various graduation requirements and acceptance into selective schools; which can easily be manipulated into unequal educational categories. The theory of this inequality questions the
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Kant: the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative Kantian philosophy outlines the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative as a method for determining morality of actions. This formula is a two part test. First‚ one creates a maxim and considers whether the maxim could be a universal law for all rational beings. Second‚ one determines whether rational beings would will it to be a universal law. Once it is clear that the maxim passes both prongs of the test‚ there
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