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    Philosophy Notes on Kant

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    Kant was part of enlightenment period Morality is entirely determined by what someone wills because a good will is the only thing that is good with out provocations. Every other character trait is only morally good once we qualify it as such. Kant morality is all about what someone wills and not about the end result or consequence is. Someone can be happy but for immoral reasons. Kant it is really the thought that counts. Motivation is everything. What does Bentham and Mills look at consequences

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    which breeches usual rules of conversation (Grice’s Maxims) which are:1.Be truthful 2. Be concise. 3. be clear. 4. be relevant. In Much Ado About Nothing‚ this is reflected through those who are out of step or disagree with society.Dogberry and his companions of the middle-class are key characters of this. The use of breeching Grice’s Maxims in Much ado about nothing cause the play to become a comedy without substance.Dogberry breaks the maxims by not being relevant as he says “Thou wilt be condemned

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    Ethics essay – Kantian ethics a.) Explain Kant’s concept of duty Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was concerned with producing an ethical theory that was logical and absolute‚ and did not change depending on the situation‚ countering the views of John Locke and other empiricists of the time. His ethics are based on duty‚ rather than looking at the end product of an action. He thought that his theory was so important that it could be rivalled with the Copernican revolution‚ in that it would

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    parameters like justice‚ beneficence and laws and legal rights which lacks in the act utilitarianism. Kantianism mainly rotates around the following objectives. According to Kant “maxim” is the moral worth of an individual’s action that depends exclusively on the moral acceptability if the rule on which the person acts. Since the maxim applies to every individual that performs the similar act in the similar condition it has been declared as an universal law. The second

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    GM Ignition Case Ethical Evaluation Joe Pirozzoli General Studies Milwaukee School of Engineering Author Note Joe Pirozzoli‚ General Studies‚ Milwaukee School of Engineering Prepared for HU 432 Ethics‚ Professor Paul Hudec and submitted 4/9/2015. Correspondence regarding this article should be directed to: E-mail: pirozzolij@msoe.edu Abstract The contents of this paper will analyze the GM ignition case using several concepts taught in ethics. This will include a background of the issue

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    Spelman Vs Kant

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    When talking about philosophy‚ there are many different theories of ethics. Some philosophers believe different things‚ or they expand on previous philosophies. Two theories in particular are Immanuel Kant’s deontological theory. This deals with the categorical imperative‚ and Elizabeth Spelman’s theory which discusses the ethics of care‚ and the ethics of justice. Although these theories are separated by centuries‚ they complement each other. Both theories discuss how to make ethical decisions.

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    Discourse of the Method

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    3RD WRITING ASSIGNEMENT In a really famous “Discourse of the Method”‚ Descartes is basically teaching us how to think like a real philosopher‚ and giving us information about his education‚ sufficient rules of logic‚ moral code‚ and how these moments are shaping the founding of the Cogito. Descartes is trying to build a new foundation through the entire treatise‚ and demolish the old foundation. In the first part Descartes is talking about his opinion about education and good sense. He tells

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    The approach that I strongly agree with is the John Stuart Mill’s doctrine and Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is a moral approach that believes `` the supreme principle of morality is to produce as much happiness as possible`` (118). Utilitarianism evaluates the right action according to the amount of happiness and absence of pain. In addition‚ ``there is in reality nothing desired except happiness`` (118).The right action should result the most desirable happiness as many people as possible. I choose

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    In this essay I will be addressing the problems associated with deterrence and retribution‚ whether consequentialism is adequate for justifying punishment and whether our view on human nature effects our view of social justice. I will also be discussing whether we are inherently good or evil and how that informs our view of punishment. In any society people transgress but the attendant sanctions differ. The question of whether man is inherently good or evil has vexed humanity since its appearance

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    Hotel Rwanda is based on a the massacre that happened in the 1900s in the country of Rwanda. In the movie‚ Paul Rusesabagina played by Don Cheadle was a hotel manager for Hôtel des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5‚ 2015.) during the genocide. In the 1990s the population of the Rwanda was overtaken by Hutus; about 85% and 14% of Tutsi‚ A number of Hutus believed they were the superior race over the Tutsi. The Hutus considered the Tutsi as “inhuman” and wanted to get rid of

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