Kant ’s Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Moral The central concept of Kant ’s Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals is the categorical imperative. "The conception of an objective principle‚ in so far as it is obligatory for a will‚ is called a command (of reason)‚ and the formula of the command is called an Imperative." (Abbott‚ 30) An imperative is something that a will ought or shall do because the will is obligated to act in the manner in which it conforms with
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Preface The foundation of the metaphysics of morals is a critical examination of a pure practical reason. The present foundations is the search for and establishment of the supreme principle of morality. Method: analytically from common knowledge to the determination of its supreme principle; then ‚ synthetically from the examination of this principle and its sources back to common knowledge. Division: 1. the common rational knowledge of morals -> the philosophical rational knowledge
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What is ‘Metaphysics of Morals’? For thirty years‚ Kant intended to entitle his system of ethics ‘Metaphysics of Morals.’ In discussing the Metaphysics of Morals‚ I will discuss Allan Wood’s article in Mark Timmons’s volume Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals: Interpretative Essays; Woods presents a thoughtful interpretation that might be a clue for our discussion of emptiness charge. By examining each of the two major doctrines of Metaphysics of Morals‚ that is‚ principle of right and the class of juridical
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NTI/PGDE/2015/10309 SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (PGDE 107) ON THE TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO THE LECTURER: DR MARK LEIGHA 2015/2016 NTI PGDE PROGRAMME TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Philosophy of Education according to Okoh (1992) is the application
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PHIL1010:901 Introduction to Logic 20111:1 “What did Aristotle contribute to the discipline of Logic?” Aristotle was a Greek philosopher that lived from 384 BC to 322 BC. Aristotle was born in Stagira in northern Greece and he was the son of Nichomachus. In 367 he was sent to Athens to study philosophy with a great Greek philosopher named Plato. Some years later he traveled to Macedonia to tutor Alexander the Great. Aristotle returned to Athens and set up a school of his own following his success
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Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that concerns itself with explaining the nature of things as well as theoretical concepts. Often considered the oldest division of philosophy‚ metaphysics concerns itself with theorizing answers to the most fundamental questions about the world. Such as‚ what is reality? What is out there? How did it all come to be? In the Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic‚ the German philosopher Immanuel Kant questions if metaphysics is even possible. Kant wonders if metaphysics
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1. The street of a city are arranged like the lines of a chessboard ‚ there are m street running north and south and n east and west . Find the no. ways in which a man can travel from N.W to the S.E corner‚ going by the shortest possible distance. 2. How many different arrangement can be made out of the letters in the ex-pression a^3b^2c^4 when written at full length? Ans. 1260. 3. How many 7-digit numbers exist which are divisible by 9 and whose last but one digit is 5? 4. You continue
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Problem: You are playing Guess Your Card with three (3) other players. Here is what you see: Andy has the cards 1‚ 5‚ and 7 Belle has the cards 5‚ 4‚ and 7 Carol has the cards 2‚ 4‚ and 6 Andy draws the question card‚ “Do you see two (2) or more players whose cards sum to the same value?” He answers‚ “Yes.” Next Belle draws the question card‚ “Of the five (5) odd numbers‚ how many different odd numbers do you see?” She answers‚ “All of them.” Andy suddenly speaks up. "I know what I have
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Philosophy 201—Practical Logic Loyola University New Orleans Ben Bayer Summer 2012 Homework #1 DUE: Tuesday‚ September 11th‚ (at 11:59pm‚ just before midnight) Directions For each of the listed fallacious arguments‚ select an answer to each of questions (a) and (b). For both (a) and (b)‚ select ONE AND ONLY ONE answer from (i) through (vii). For most of the answers in (b) you will need to fill in the specified blanks with details from the argument to fully explain
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The Philosophy of Education Ideals A standard by which we judge things in our existence. Simple apprehension our intelligent apprehends or understands the nature or substance or essence of things. The essence is represented by an idea in the mind by the mind. Once an idea is formed‚ we compare it with another idea and pronounce their agreement or disagreement of one idea with another idea and we come up to judgment. I D E A L I S M A philosophical approach that has as its central tenet (belief
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