4. Explain and critically assess Kant’s argument that one has a duty to preserve one’s own life. As rational beings Kant believes we have a categorical duty of self-preservation to not wilfully take our own lives. Kant talks in depth about duty and believes we should act out of respect for the moral law. The will is the only inherent good‚ as we are only motivated by duty and nothing else. We should act only out of demands of the law‚ not from inclination‚ desires or to achieve a particular
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hierarchies for all subclasses or it defines specific set of methods and their arguments. The main difference between them is that a class can implement more than one interface but can only inherit from one abstract class Similarities -both does not allow object to be created -both contain abstract method that must be override -both exhibit a polymorphic behavior Feature | Interface | Abstract class | Multiple inheritance | A class may inherit several interfaces. | A class may inherit only one abstract class
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Immanuel Kant 1724-1804 Immanuel Kant was born on April 22‚ 1724 in Konigsberg‚ East Prussia. He was the son of a saddler. At age 8‚ he entered the Collegium Fredericianum‚ a Latin school‚ where he remained for 8 1/2 years and studied the classics. He then entered the University of Konigsberg in 1740 to study philosophy‚ mathematics‚ and physics. The death of his father halted his university career so he became a private tutor. In 1755‚ he returned to Konigsburg where he later resumed his studies
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a) Explain with examples Kant’s theory of Categorical Imperative Kantian ethics is a deontological‚ absolute theory proposed by Immanuel Kant in the late 1700’s. Kant taught that an action could only count as the action of a good will if it satisfied the test of the Categorical Imperative. The categorical imperative is based around the idea to act solely for the sake of duty. For example‚ you should share your sweets because it is a good thing to do; not because it makes you feel good. Consequentially
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Why is human memory subject to error? Human memory is subject to error because human memory is imperfect just like many things in nature. The way we perceive things are not always accurate. Memory is not like a movie camera it is reconstructive. According to Wade & Tarvis (2012)‚ “Because memory is reconstructive‚ it is subject to confabulation--confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you‚ or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened”
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Kant: Goodness The philosopher I used is Immanuel Kant. He was very practical in his thinking of goodness. A quote of his was "I ought‚ therefore I can". His view was good anything is under good will . He believed good will was the primary goodness‚ good in its purest form‚ and that it couldn’t be corrupted. Good feelings and good intentions and actions can be interpreted in different ways; man can corrupt these things into evil...even though it still might be good in that man’s eyes
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Hey so this is how you say Hi. Hi! You can also say hi by saying Hello‚ Hola‚ and bye..... wait that is not right. Bye is how you say bye. You can Which of the following describes the selection of federal judges? The president nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the Senate confirms the choice. The Senate nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the president confirms the choice. The president nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the House confirms the choice. The House
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themes in “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ but the most salient theme is the acceptance of the current problems. In this story‚ Victor has a much pain because of his father’s death; however‚ he tries to go to Phoenix to bring his father’s ashes back home. Due to this scene‚ we can see how Victor can overcome grief and accept the fact that his father had passed away. Unfortunately‚ Victor‚ a strong man‚ does not have enough money to go to Phoenix. To oppose this problem
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Kant‚ Thucydides‚ and Weber collectively agreed on one premise – human nature directly affect the political actions of a state‚ whether they be moral or immoral. Given the different time periods each of these political theorists studied in‚ each man had vastly different ideas on the consequences of human nature on political actions‚ or vice versa. Thucydides was a consequentialist‚ Kant was a staunch deontologist‚ and Weber believed that both consequentialism and deontology had their own place within
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The Sublime In Lyotard’s reading Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime‚ he explains how critical thought exists within an infinite amount of creativity with no principles but in search of them. Lyotard understands the Kantian sublime as a way to comply with the standards that critically analyze postmodernism using deconstruction. Kant differentiated the sublime between the vastness and greatness and the dynamic sublime. The vastness sublime is so great we can’t just use our senses like we normally
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