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    Karthik Keni William Reckner Philosophy 22 30 November 2010 Kant: Formulas of Universal Law and Humanity Kant’s philosophy was based around the theory that we have a moral unconditional obligation and duty that he calls the “Categorical Imperative.” He believes that an action must be done with a motive of this moral obligation‚ and if not done with this intention then the action would hold no moral value. Under this umbrella of the “Categorical Imperative” he presents three formulations that he

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    Kant how are imperatives possible” In this passage Kant is stating is believes about imperatives by saying that in order to make a morally correct decision‚ there is a universal law that complies with all humans that can rationally think ‚ this law is not based upon humans own desires. Kant imperatives deal with universality consequently he stated that it is immoral if a rule cannot be made into something that all humankind can follow. For example if I say "I will never keep my promises"‚ this

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    between a priori knowledge and a posteriori knowledge. The terms a priori and a posteriori are used in philosophy to distinguish two different types of knowledge. A priori knowledge is independent of experience‚ for example all bachelors are unmarried men. We know this is a priori knowledge because we only have to understand the definitions in the phrase. From this we can draw out that all unmarried men are bachelors and no married man can be a bachelor. According to Kant all a priori knowledge

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    berger Should Morals Become Laws? What are morals that we try to make them into laws? Morals can be good or bad‚ and that means that morals are not always good to be made into laws. What is a good moral and a bad moral? That is the question that pops up when we want to have morals become law‚ and another question that shows up is should we make all morals into laws? Morals may be good or bad‚ and all that we have built up may be destroyed because of a person’s lack of understanding morals or interpretation

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    Ethics and Philosophy- Paige Stewart a) Explain how Natural Moral Law can be used to decide the right moral action Plan: Explain the basic principles of Natural Moral Law Explain about the purpose and that everything seems to be striving to fulfil its purpose Link Aquinas to Aristotle ‘Do good and avoid evil’ Primary precepts and the use of reason to establish the secondary precepts Difference between real and apparent goods and interior and exterior acts Thomas Aquinas used his understanding

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    Moral philosopher Immanuel Kant famously stated that lying was unequivocally immoral even in extreme cases like protecting innocents from a murderer. He believed this approach was implied by the moral system he developed. Later philosophers‚ however‚ work have pointed out that his metaphysical framework does not actually imply a rule this strict and Kant‚ of all people‚ made a simple logical misstep. The question of what Kant thought about lying depends on whether we are talking about Kant the man

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    Kant: Reasons and Causes‚ Morality and Religion Kant was a deontologist who believed that knowledge was created by the mind‚ not external factors; because of this he wanted to unite reason and experience. Humanity’s frail nature was the human condition according to Kant‚ their struggle to make moral decisions and do the right thing can only be solved by employing reason and his three maxims when decision making. Kant’s diagnoses the human condition as human’s frailty and impurity when

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    Demonstration in teaching

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    Objectives: 1. What does demonstration mean? 2. How should demonstration be done to make it work? What is Demonstration ? DEMONSTRATION  Involves showing by reason or proof‚ explaining or making clear by use of examples or experiments  Being simple to show more clearly  In teaching…demonstration occurs when students have hard time connecting theories to actual practice or when students are unable to understand application of theories. INSTANCES OF DEMONSTRATION  There is an audience  A

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    really skilled at something in general. While in philosophy‚ Kant defines genius as follow‚ ‘Genius is the talent (natural gift) that gives the rule to art [...] Genius is the inborn predisposition of the mind through which nature gives the rule to art’; ‘Beautiful art must necessarily be considered as art of genius’. (§46) To Kant‚ it is like beautiful art cannot live without genius‚ because beautiful art is the art of genius. As Kant mentioned‚ genius cannot be imitated‚ it is a special ability

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    Christopher Rowley Modern Final on Kant 1. For Kant‚ it is of the greatest importance that one distinguishes a priori from a posteriori judgments‚ as well as synthetic from analytic judgments. A priori judgments involve absolute necessity and strict universality‚ i.e. they are valid without variation for all cognizant beings. A posteriori judgments‚ on the other hand‚ are empirical and as such are necessarily synthetic. In the case of synthetic claims‚ the predicate is not contained in the

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