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    to conquer death via his ambition to construct eternal lives. It is critical to note that the emergence of modern philosophy was accompanied by the scientific revolution‚ marked by great thinkers including Francis Bacon‚ Rene Descartes and Immanuel Kant‚ whom introduced the power of inductive reasoning and knowledge over the ancient orders. Victor Frankenstein participates in this popular scheme of his time‚ first observed through his escalated disputation with his professor at medical school over

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    Is Natural Law the best approach to abortion Natural Law says that abortion is wrong because life is a valuable gift from God and therefore only he can take it away. A believer of the natural law would say that the unborn foetus should have the same status as a born human being because life starts at the moment of conception which means that no matter how long the foetus has been growing‚ abortion is murder. This point ties in with the right to life and other religious approaches. Under Natural

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    When faced with moral issues in every facet of life‚ individuals often rely on normative theories for guidance in their decision-making process and its subsequent justification. In the case of Rayburn Unlimited‚ Al Smetana‚ the founding president‚ discovers that Craig Lindley‚ the associate vice-president and an old-time friend‚ has been using the company’s computer network extensively for web pornography. At the current juncture‚ Al is faced with the decision of how to resolve the situation with

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    presented case of the adulterous affair. First‚ I will begin by explaining how Kant would view this situation and what decisions he would make. In Kantianism‚ it is imperative to always say the truth and do that which is right. Regardless of the situation that one may find him or herself in‚ he or she must always say the truth in order to be moral. Kant assumes that by saying the truth‚ the person wants the good. Kant would find the affair to be completely immoral. Tom has lied to Carol with a lie

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    When it pertains to lying‚ I believe it is morally permissible to lie to someone given a specific situation. The most imperative circumstance in which lying has the potential to make more people happy is when it applied to prevent harm/protecting someone’s life. Lying is the right thing to do in this situation as it safeguards your fellow man. According to Emanuel Kant (2008)‚ “Immediately I realize that I could will •the lie but not •a universal law to lie; for such a law would result in there being

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    Business does not conduct itself as moral agents. The majority of Corporation uses Utilitarianism. This is the belief that regardless of the struggle or pain the outcome of a profit is more important. Corporations encourages Categorical imperatives. Categorical imperatives is the practices of if one person does what it takes then the other individuals should have the same mentality. Corporations tend to forget that people or employees are the same as CEO‚ COO‚ CFO‚ or as I call them the head

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    I. Topic Comparative Study of Sensationalism present in Bulgar‚ Remate‚ Toninte‚ Kadyot‚ and Bandera II. Thesis Statement This study should answer and compare degree of sensationalism present with the five newspapers’ way of writing headlines and news body. III. Issues (backed with related literature) Yellow journalism in PH newspapers - a study which measured sensationalism in newspapers I. Cases (be specific and detailed) There are five cases which will be tackled in this chapter. Each

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    What is ‘Metaphysics of Morals’? For thirty years‚ Kant intended to entitle his system of ethics ‘Metaphysics of Morals.’ In discussing the Metaphysics of Morals‚ I will discuss Allan Wood’s article in Mark Timmons’s volume Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals: Interpretative Essays; Woods presents a thoughtful interpretation that might be a clue for our discussion of emptiness charge. By examining each of the two major doctrines of Metaphysics of Morals‚ that is‚ principle of right and the class of juridical

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    hypothetical imperative and not by their own desires. This is total disagreeable. The most categorical imperative act is when your own life is at risk and to save it you must commit things you normally would not. This is because of our new society of individualism and occupied of our own needs before we can think about our neighbor/fellow man. A soldier can quit and take a normal job. They knew that they would commit these things but chose to stay. This is why it is a categorical imperative action.

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    handling of the Pinto from the perspective of each of the moral theories is as following. Act utilitarianism says that Ford did not produce the greatest possible balance of cost-benefit calculation for everyone affected. According to the Kant’s categorical imperatives‚ Ford should not place a monetary value on a human life. Based on W.D.Ross’s 7 basic Prima Facie Duties‚ Ford failed to apply the duties of nonmalefience because they did not produce safe cars. Lastly‚ Ford is unethical when applying the ethic

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