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    For Immanuel Kant‚ guilt is considered a necessary condition for punishment and judicial punishment can never be used merely as a means to promote some other good for the criminal himself or civil society. He argues that‚ an offender must first be found to be deserving of punishment before any consideration is given to the utility of punishment for himself or his fellow citizens. In this view‚ utilitarian concerns can never justify the punishment of an innocent person while guilt itself demands

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    Kant and Mills on Capital Punishment Capital punishment has raised debate in America since 1608. Both the “pro-“ and “anti-“ sides of the issue have strong arguments. Some believe killing is simply wrong‚ and violates universal human rights‚ others seek the only justice they deem appropriate‚ equal justice. I will examine the philosophies of Immanuel Kant‚ and John Stuart Mill‚ with regards to their stance on the death penalty. John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806- 8 May 1873) was born in London‚ England

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    obligations and agreements where in today’s modern era‚ he’s being taught about to students around the globe. But during the 18th century Hume wasn’t the only great thinker during that time that had theories concerning science and how it works. Immanuel Kant‚ a German philosopher also brought forth theories that were as impactful to the world as Hume’s were. To understand Hume’s view on the world‚ one must first understand how cause and effect works as its basic definition and then how Hume sees

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    Peter Huang PHL 201 (5) Dr. Marshall Osman 3 December 2012 Number 6 Immanuel Kant believed in utilitarianism‚ which is the moral philosophy that says we should act in such ways as to make the greatest number of people happy as possible. This is why he introduced the categorical imperative. As a moral law‚ it is a command that is unqualified and not dependent on any conditions or qualifications. In short‚ it tells us to act in such a way that we would want everyone else to act the same way.

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    The Capital Punishment Debate Immanuel Kant justifies his support for the death penalty by stating in his work Metaphysics of Morals that “if he has committed murder‚ he must die.” (Kant 1996) In Kant’s opinion‚ the death penalty is justified only when regarding murder and no other crime‚ unless it causes substantial damage to society. In Kant’s time‚ the eighteenth century‚ people seemed to believe in an eye for an eye. Do people still have the same mentality about the death penalty in modern

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    Immanuel Kant HUM 400 12 Jun 2010 Kant ’s "Good Will" Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is one of the most influential philosophers in history of Western philosophy. A main representative of the Western-European classical philosophy‚ Immanuel Kant dealt with the best traditions of the German idealism. A human personality‚ according to Kant is the highest and absolute value. It is the personality‚ in Kant’s understanding‚ that towers the person over its own self and links the human being with

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    Tutelage, By Immanuel Kant

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    According to Immanuel Kant‚ enlightenment was a man’s release from “self-incurred tutelage.” Enlightenment was the process by which the public could rid themselves of intellectual bondage after centuries of slumbering. After giving a brief analysis of cause why tutelage occurred‚ he proposes the requirements for enlightenment. Immanuel Kant wants the public to think freely‚ act judiciously and “treated in accordance with their dignity.” Kant says that tutelage occurred because of many reasons and

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    Immanuel Kant is a philosopher that has always stuck out because the way he approaches morality is particularly different than most other philosopher. Some would say that Kant’s philosophy works satisfactorily in a perfect world‚ but fails to account for how the world actually is‚ which is far from perfect. Even if this is true the groundwork of Kant’s work has still garnered the admiration of many philosophers that were during and after his time. Kant believes that a good will is based on the attitude

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    HYPERLINK "http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/kant.htm" Immanuel Kant answers the question in the first sentence of the essay: “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.” He argues that the immaturity is self-inflicted not from a lack of understanding‚ but from the lack of courage to use one’s reason‚ intellect‚ and wisdom without the guidance of another. He exclaims that the motto of enlightenment is “Sapere aude”! – Dare to be wise! The German word Unmündigkeit means not

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    obligation we have towards another person‚ a group or society as a whole. In this sense‚ deontology is concerned with the intrinsic properties of actions‚ not their end result. Immanuel Kant is arguably the most famous advocate of modern deontology. According to Kant‚ moral law is synthetic apriori and took an absolutist approach. Kant argued that since everyone possesses the capacity to reason and has a conscience‚ it would be possible for all people to arrive at an understanding of moral truths without

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