Year‚ Class 1A Contrast the views that both Aristotle and Epicurus hold on pleasure Epicurus tried to find the key of obtaining pleasure‚ so did Aristotle. Although they both have different theories about pleasure‚ they both agreed on the idea that actions aim to obtain pleasures. Pleasure is something that can be defined differently by each individual. Every person have a different idea on how we reach our desires. For Aristotle‚ our pleasures come through fulfilling human
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begins on next page) 1 Ka n t ’ s F o rmu l a o f U n i v e rs a l L a w C h r i sti n e M . K o rs gaar d Kant ’s first formulation of t h e Cat e gorical Imperative ‚ t h e Formula of Universal Law‚ runs: Act only according t o t hat maxim by which you can at t h e same time will t hat it should b ecome a universal law. (G 421/39) 1 A few lines lat er‚ Kant says that t h is is eq uivale nt t o acting as th ough your maxim were b y your will t o become a law of nat ure ‚ and
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Kant argues that to “act in such a way that you always treat humanity‚ whether in your own person or in the person of any other‚ never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end” (O’Neill 167). Using people to end crime is wrong because the
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2/19/07 Aristotle Ethics Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics provides a sensible account for what true moral virtue is and how one may go about attaining it. Aristotle covers many topics that help reach this conclusion. One of them being the idea of mean between the extremes. Although Aristotle provided a reliable account for many philosophers to follow‚ Rosalind Hursthouse along with many others finds lose ends and topics which can be easily misinterpreted in Aristotle’s writing. Aristotle explains
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I am going to apply the theory of Kant’s Deontology to the case regarding assisted suicide for psychological suffering. Based on Kant’s theory‚ I have found suicide morally unjust. This case is about euthanasia and assisted suicide. On September 28‚ 1991‚ Dr. Boudewijn Chabot administered a sufficient amount of sleeping pills and a liquid drug mixture to a patient with the intentions of assisting the patient with death. The patient‚ Hilly Bosscher‚ was suffering from depression‚ and psychological
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PART A Immanuel Kant’s essays Critique of Pure Reason and Critique of Practical Reason led to his critique Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone. In Critique of Pure Reason Kant discusses the dispute between rationalism and empiricism. The empiricists argued that all ideas are derived from sensation‚ and that objects of sensation are the only proper objects of knowledge. The rationalists argued that some ideas are not derived from sensation but are instead innate to reason‚ and that these
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6/25/2014 Philosophy 201 Reaction to Kant Kant Kant first draws close to differentiating between a moral choice and a prudent choice. A prudent choice is a choice used in good judgment and is rational. Kant has no interest in morality being rational. A law is a law and thou shall obey it. The moral law is absolute. Thou shall not lie‚ means exactly what it says‚ thou shall not lie. No ifs‚ ands or buts about it. There is no reason why a person should lie because it is our duty as moral
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Kant vs Mills in Animal Rights In this essay I will cover the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. I will begin by covering Kant perspective of rational beings and his idea of a priori learning. I will then move on to his idea of categorical imparaitive. After Kant I will discuss Mill’s utilitarian theory regarding pleasure and pain. With a better understanding of those I will move to Mill’s idea of a posteriori and hypothetical imperative. Following the ideas of these philosophers
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There are two political theories that I combined and will implement if I were to be placed as the highest-ranking official of the country. These are the theories of Immanuel Kant and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I chose to unite the two theories because both of them‚ as I was reading through its contents‚ had the biggest impact on me than all the other theories I researched for. The joined theories would build up my ideal state as a leader of the country so that I may be able to take the people to a better
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Aristotle’s Poetics December 19‚ 2010 1. The Concept of Imitation In The Poetics‚ Aristotle asserts that literature is a function of human nature’s instinct to imitate. This implies that as humans‚ we are constantly driven to imitate‚ to create. By labeling this creative impulse an “instinct‚” one is to believe that this desire for imitation is a matter of survival‚ of necessity. The question then arises‚ of what does one feel compelled to imitate and in what way does it aid in our survival
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