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    Two of the most well-known philosophers of ethics‚ Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill‚ possess distinct views on the founding principles of morality and justice. Kant contends that morality relies on autonomy and kindness‚ whereas Mill bases the theory on the ideal of happiness‚ or utility. This essay aims to clarify Kant’s view of autonomy and goodness‚ compare it to Mill’s utilitarianism‚ and analyze their divergent perspectives on drug legalization and decriminalization in the context of their

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    Immanuel Kant addressed his view on Enlightenment in his article‚ An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment. Kant explains that guardianship and supervision of higher rank authorities happened for many reasons. The first one because of apathy‚ people just found it awkward to reason anything and thus‚ their knowledge of every subject was limited. Displaying obedience over matters they should have argued more against was often seen. The second reason seemed to be cowed‚ and this fed their apathy

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    J. S. Mill and Immanuel Kant each believe that there is only one clear option when faced with a predicament that could cause suffering to other individuals‚ although what they believe to be morally right is not what you would immediately think to be morally right. According to these philosophers‚ there are occasionally situations where the morally right obligation may not seem clear‚ because there is still suffering involved. Both Mill and Kant believe that morally conflicting situations can be resolved

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    money‚ life goes on as usual for Jonathan because ’Nothing Puzzles God’‚ meaning that the robbery has a greater meaning in God’s eyes than how it seemed to Jonathan. Character overview Jonathan Iwegbu Jonathan Iwegbu‚ the protagonist of "Civil Peace"‚ is the optimistic nucleus of the entire narrative. Despite the recent devastation of the Biafran War‚ Jonathan exhibits a happy tone in the face of death. Jonathan’s optimism is first demonstrated in the first paragraph when he exclaims how happy

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    Civil Peace: Introduction • Print • PDF • Cite • One of Africa’s foremost contemporary authors and spokespeople Chinua Achebe has always taken as a primary concern understanding and accurately depicting the African people. In 1964‚ he wrote that the writer’s duty ‘‘is to explore in depth the human condition.’’ In his pre-civil war novels‚ Achebe focused on the culture of his people and their emergence from colonial powers. However‚ with the outbreak of the Nigerian civil war‚ Achebe

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    with a detonator in the hands of the other boat. Defining “good” or “bad” is challenging enough‚ and while analyzing both Kant and Mill one will see that the complexity of the issue cannot be adequately solved by either argument for what one “ought” to do. In the first case‚ which will be that they are both on the same ship‚ full of “good” citizens each offers their arguments. Kant argues‚ “We should not simply destroy individuals simply because our own lives are in danger‚ for we must do what is good

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    that lead to this conclusion are very different. We were presented four philosophers specifically and though many things match up to make a good case on the subject of a human’s goal‚ I believe that Kant and Lucretius’ arguments and ideas match up the best. When discussing the similarities between Kant and Lucretius’ philosophies‚ we find that their ideas on a human’s goal‚ emotional state and how they treat themselves and others parallel each other in multiple ways. For example‚ while Lucretius specifically

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    Green-eyed Friendship In John Knowles novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ Knowles proves through an adolescent relationship‚ that in order to have a reliable friendship‚ one must accept another completely‚ revealing that jealousy can not co-excist within a friendship. Jealousy plays a major role in the deterioration of the relationship between Gene and Finny. Gene has a growing jealousy towards his bestfriend Phineas. Because Finny always “gets away with everything” and can be whoever he wants

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    It is in the third antinomy where Kant addresses the possibility of freedom with causal necessity. Transcendental freedom is only possible for Kant if both the thesis and the antithesis of the dialectic are shown to be correct. By demonstrating both the thesis and the antithesis to be correct‚ Kant hopes to show that applying the question of freedom to the unconditioned totality of appearances is bound to lead towards irreconcilable errors. It is only by accepting the transcendental idealist position

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    In the Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ by Immanuel KantKant proposes a very significant discussion of imperatives as expressed by what one “ought” to do. He implies this notion by providing the audience with two kinds of imperatives: categorical and hypothetical. The discussion Kant proposes is designed to formulate the expression of one’s action. By distinguishing the difference between categorical and hypothetical imperatives‚ Kant’s argues that categorical imperatives apply moral conduct

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