Phil 177 1) According to Marcuse: “Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing consciousness and drives the men and women who could change the world.” Following Marcuse’s argument‚ how does art accomplish the primary task of raising human consciousness against the reified world of commodities? We live in a world where the masses are lead by an elitist class; in a world where the masses wake up every day and go to work for 8 to 10 hours straight‚ so that at the end of every
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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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Jimmy Chung 500 415 174 PHL 710 Philosophy and Film Second Film Analysis David Ciavatta April 17‚ 2015 In Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant establishes what it means to be moral. Kant in his paper explains the requirements for something to be moral in the following propositions: But now in order to develop the concept of a good will‚ to be esteemed in itself and without any further aim‚ just as it dwells already in the naturally healthy understanding‚ which does
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contends that right and wrong are determined by the consequences of an action. Deontologists do not negate that consequences are significant but they believe there are more relevant aspects to the moral duty of the action. Deontology mainly focuses on Immanuel Kant and W.D. Ross. Kant based his view on moral principles that define between right and wrong. He also views deontology as an act on any maxim if and only if you can will it into a universal law. Kant introduces that there are rules to determine
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Anselm (2) St. Augustine c) Modern (1) Descartes (2) Leibniz (3) Spinoza 3) Empiricists a) Ancient (1) Aristotle b) Medieval (1) St. Thomas Aquinas c) Modern (1) Locke (2) Berkeley (3) Hume 4) Kant and post-Kantian thinkers (Modern) a) Immanuel Kant b) Hegel 5) Pragmatism (contemporary-20th Century) a) Pierce b) James c) Dewey Skepticism- method of achieving certainty Empiricism- that is‚ there is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses. Rationalism- holds that
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Author‚ Immanuel Kant‚ in his article “The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative”‚ targeted mainly the idea of having a good will. What Kant meant by this exactly is that one must undergo good deeds for the sake of those deeds being good in and within themselves‚ not to gain any sort of award in return. Specifically‚ Kant argues that “[a] good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes‚ because of its fitness to attain some proposed end‚ but only because of its volition‚ that
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and do the good deed in order for the person to be virtuous. While Kant’s guideline for deciding if a person’s actions have moral worth or not can‚ at times‚ not be clear enough‚ Schiller’s contention does nothing to detract from it. In Section 1‚ Immanuel Kant states that the highest good for us human beings has to be the good
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judges actions based on their outcomes. Thus‚ utilitarianism is often associated with the phrase ’the ends justify the means.’ Deontology: Deontology is an alternative ethical system that is usually attributed to the philosophical tradition of Immanuel Kant. Whereas utilitarianism focuses on the outcomes‚ or ends‚ of actions‚ deontology demands that the actions‚ or means‚ themselves must be ethical. Deontologists argue that there are transcendent ethical norms and truths that are universally applicable
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WW Field Definition Historical Developments Theories Key Contributors Principal Issues Week 2 Epistemology The study of knowledge: What constitutes knowledge‚ the nature of knowledge‚ and whether knowledge is possible? Pre-Socratics observe and seek to define physical phenomena. Socrates studied human behavior and tried to determine the essential nature of knowledge. Aristotle sought to categorize his observations
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God and Philosophy Many philosophers will say that God plays an important role in a person ’s mental being. Others will argue that he doesn ’t and that we decide by our own mentality. The three thinkers that will be discussed in this paper made a large impact in the philosophical world with their theories and reasons. Descartes‚ Kant‚ and Hume are all important players in the world of philosophy‚ but according to other philosophers‚ so is God. Rene Descartes‚ a noted French philosopher‚
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