Matthew O’Donnell 15 September 2012 Philosophy 203‚ Section 010 Kant Assignment Immanuel Kant’s Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals starts off by saying there is only one thing that is good without qualification which is a good will. Something can only be good if it is well-matched with a good will. In fact‚ “a good will is” according to him‚ “is good not because of what it effects or accomplishes‚ nor because of its fitness to attain some proposed end; it is good only through its willing
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Overdetermination of dutiful actions occurs when dutiful actions are done from the motive of duty where the agent also has nonmoral interests in the action (Herman: 6) and according to Kant although this action might be dutiful and amiable it is still of no moral worth. For example a man who does acts of good will and gets a feeling of satisfaction from doing them is not acting morally. In the same way that a soldier saves another soldiers with only an inclination that he will get a medal is also
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The core of principles can be defined by ethics and certain behaviors such as proper‚ good‚ and right. These fundamentals define if the behavior is evil‚ wrong or not satisfactory. Immanuel Kant stated that ethics should not be limited to personal desires‚ but also extend to one’s duty. His philosophy states that all individuals are born with intrinsic freedom‚ allowing them to make decisions‚ implying that we should make efforts to live morally and ethically. Kant argues that every lie that
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ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PHRASE IN THE CODE The philosopher Immanuel Kant (2008)‚ in his Critique of Pure Reason‚ famously asserted‚ “The action to which the “ought” applies must indeed be possible under natural conditions” (p. 473). 536 O’DONOHUE This generally is summarized as “ought” implies can‚” that is‚ any moral prescription must be possible for the actor. Conversely‚ part of the notion is that it is nonsensical to morally blame people for actions that they cannot control. Griffin (1992)
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Slavery in ancient Rome played an imperative role in the society as well as in the economy of the country. Slaves were mainly used as manual laborers for performing various domestic roles as well as high skilled jobs. It was not uncommon for slaves to be teachers; doctors‚ accountants and even physicians since most Greek slaves were highly educated. The unskilled slaves worked on farms‚ in mining sites and in the mills‚ and were unfortunately subjected to harsh living conditions. According to the
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Philip Tompkins’ Organizational Communicatin Imperatives INTRODUCTION In the book Organizational Communication Imperatives‚ by Philip K. Tompkins‚ we are introduced to a chapter that deals with an organization that is held under high prestige by not only those who are employed by it‚ but by a country as well. This American organization is NASA‚ (National Aeronautical Space Administration)‚ and although a very prestigious place to work‚ it is not free of its share of wrongdoing and counter
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He believed that if you are following the “Categorical Imperative “or “CI” rules‚ then you are doing the right thing (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/). No‚ one does not resonate with me more than the others because all of these are equally important to me. All of these theories are ones I greatly
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Assignment 3 (100 points) CS 113 Fall 2014 Due Date: See Syllabus Name & UCID & Section Number: Please write your name‚ UCID‚ and section number on the submission – please staple together – no loose sheets What is to be submitted? 1. Problem 1: Answers to the exercises 2. Problem 2: Program listing with the program output using the input in file Data3.txt and user interaction based on the input you have entered. 1. Exercises (25 points) a) (20 points) Show the syntax (form) ‚ explain its meaning
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EVENT: MEANS THE USER HAS INITIATED AN ACTION THAT CAUSES THE PROGRAM TO PERFORM THE TYPE OF PROCESSESING CALLED FOR BY THE USER’S ACTION. CLASS: IS A NAMED GROUP OF PROGRAM CODE. INSTANCE: A BUTTON CREATED FROM A CLASS IS CALLED AN OBJECT OR SOMETIMES AN INSTANCE OF A CLASS. INSTANTIATION: IN PROGRAMMING TERMINOLOGY‚ THE PROCESS OF CREATING A BUTTON OBJECT FROM THE BUTTON CLASS IS CALLED INSTANTIATION. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE: 1. GATHER AND ANALYZE THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS 2. DESIGN
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Unit 8 Research Assignment: 1. List three examples that show when a count-controlled loop is better than condition-controlled loop in programming? 1. It keeps a count of the number of times you want to use the program to input data 2. It only runs as many times as you have instructed the program to run 3. It will stop after the allotted time it has been instructed to 2. List three examples that show when a condition-controlled is better than count-controlled loop in programming? 1. The variable
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