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    Kant vs. Singer

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    November 29‚ 2012 Singer VS. Kant Duty can be defined in numerous ways but what is difficult to know is what our moral obligations are? Immanuel Kant and Peter Singer have attempted to find a more simple‚ rational‚ and supreme rule for what our duty is. Singer makes the distinction between charity and duty.  He attempts to show that we‚ in affluent countries such as the United States‚ have a moral obligation to give far more than we actually do in international aid for famine relief‚ disaster

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    Kant exam questions

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    Immanuel Kant was an eighteenth century German philosopher whose moral views continue to be influential. He developed a deontological‚ absolute and objective ethical theory on the idea of moral law. Kant’s theory uses practical reason and looks at the argument before deciding what to do about the situation. It is described as being priori and synthetic (this meaning you don’t have to experience it to know what it means) and can be proven to be true or false without using experience. Kant believed

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    Kant Theory and Justice

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    Immanuel Kant concerns himself with deontology‚ and as a deontologist‚ he believes that the rightness of an action depends in part on things other than the goodness of its consequences‚ and so‚ actions should be judged based on an intrinsic moral law that says whether the action is right or wrong – period. Kant introduced the Categorical Imperative which is the central philosophy of his theory of morality‚ and an understandable approach to this moral law. It is divided into three formulations. The

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    Kant Paper 2

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    could not be imagined as a universal law for all rational beings. This should include what a world would look like in which all rational beings followed the maxim and why you could not achieve the purpose or end of the maxim in such a world. Kant thinks that we are not really in freedom if we are only looking for pleasure or desire and avoiding pains. By meeting our instinctive needs and become slaves of our desires and impulse. 2.Explain why following this maxim (i.e. taking recreational

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    Kant Vs Mill

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    What makes something right? In the study of philosophy‚ there are many views of what is right and what is wrong. Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill have differing viewpoints of this topic. John Stuart Mill has a philosophy known as Utilitarianism. In this way of thinking‚ ethics are based on the maximization of pleasure. In other words‚ it’s based on the consequences of a given action. The basic principle of Utilitarianism is that "actions are right in so far as they tend to promote happiness

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    Kant and Sexual Morality

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    German Philosopher Immanuel Kant claimed that it is morally wrong to use a person merely as a means to your end. This judgement helps us to understand and determined sexual morality. Thomas A. Mappes supports Kant’s claims and helps to further explain Kant’s statement by defining it and introducing the idea that one must give their voluntary informed consent in order for certain actions to be moral. Mappes also illustrates that voluntary informed consent can be undermined through both deception and

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    Hobbes Vs Kant

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    In the idea of human nature and reasons; we can indeed perceive a modern philosophy and ethics‚ by monitoring a reflection of insightful philosophers of Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant. In this regard‚ however‚ Hobbes and Kant’s are differing in so many ways as they have entirely different perspective on the issue of morality and pragmatism. This disparity can be viewed‚ by how Kant’s view morality in more of a rationalistic way‚ while Hobbes being more empirical on the topic of ethics.Therefore

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    Kant Vs Utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianism and Kant’s respective have different ways for demonstrating whether an act we do is right or wrong. Corresponding to Kant‚ we should look at our maxims‚ intentions‚ of a particular action. Kantians believe “If we are rational‚ we will each agree to curb our self-interest and cooperate with one another” (Shafer-Landau‚ Russ 194). In other words‚ humans are rational beings capable of rational behavior and should not be used purely for self-interest. On the other hand‚ Utilitarian’s believe

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau Introduction Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher‚ writer‚ and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political‚ sociological and educational thought. Rousseau was a successful composer of music. He wrote seven operas as well as music in other forms‚ and he made contributions to music as a theorist. During the

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    Locke Vs Kant

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    scientific method is the Mind’s Eye Model of Perception‚ which is the theory that any object you look at is just your own perception and others will have a different perception of the seemingly same object. Three philosophers of the time‚ Locke‚ Hume‚ and Kant‚ were big proponents of the scientific method and used it in each of their ideas behind morality. While all three follow this way of inquiry‚ Kant’s theories abide by the method better because he proposes

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