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    obligations and agreements where in today’s modern era‚ he’s being taught about to students around the globe. But during the 18th century Hume wasn’t the only great thinker during that time that had theories concerning science and how it works. Immanuel Kant‚ a German philosopher also brought forth theories that were as impactful to the world as Hume’s were. To understand Hume’s view on the world‚ one must first understand how cause and effect works as its basic definition and then how Hume sees it.

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    The Influence of Kant and Rousseau on the Enlightenment The eighteenth century was a time of rapid change and development in the way people viewed humans and their interaction with others in society. Many countries experience revolution and monarchies were overthrow. People began to question the values that were ingrained in society and governments that ruled them. Two of the biggest philosophers of that time were Immanuel Kant and Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ who both ignite the overthrow of tradition

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    1/17/13 Philosophy Kant & Foucault Both Kant and Foucault present a question of what is enlightenment? According to Immanuel Kant enlightenment was man’s freedom from his “self-incurred immaturity”. Kant believes that all that is needed to reach enlightenment is freedom. Enlightenment could not be achieved by any one person‚ we have to do so as a community. Kant said that we should have the freedom to make public use of our reason in all situations. He also believed that revolution is a

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    educational principles (Enlightenment last updates 2015). Many philosophers have tried to answer the question‚ what is enlightenment‚ the most influential philosopher believed to have answered this question is Immanuel Kant in his text “An Answer to the question: What is enlightenment?” Kant in his argument states three main points: firstly how people become immature‚ secondly how people break out of immaturity and thirdly the link between enlightenment and religion. However Some Philosophers including

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    Kant: No Mao! War can never be morally right. When Superman decided to fight Luther that is when he committed an immoral act. I think that Superman is a moral character because all rational beings would do the same and use their superpowers to save others. Mao nods to Kant and reaches to the middle of the table to grab the book. Mao: *whispers to himself: Superman: Red Son” * Darwin: What did you say Mao? Mao: I just realized that my communist party was symbolized by the Red Sun and the title

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    agree In “Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime” section one by Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant begins with discussing the idea that feeling happy or sad does not come from the nature of external things but more of what a person’s ability to let things make them feel pleasure of pain. He stresses that all people are different. Something that may make someone feel upset can make another happy. Kant then continues to talk about the feeling of the sublime and beautiful. He uses examples

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    begins on next page) 1 Ka n t ’ s F o rmu l a o f U n i v e rs a l L a w C h r i sti n e M . K o rs gaar d Kant ’s first formulation of t h e Cat e gorical Imperative ‚ t h e Formula of Universal Law‚ runs: Act only according t o t hat maxim by which you can at t h e same time will t hat it should b ecome a universal law. (G 421/39) 1 A few lines lat er‚ Kant says that t h is is eq uivale nt t o acting as th ough your maxim were b y your will t o become a law of nat ure ‚ and

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    conditions. Eventually‚ the material conditions are as important as the ideas. When he talked about mind formulates the concept of self how about the body. The mind cannot exist without the body. The world does not contain only the events but also the material things. Therefore the mind must have the concept of both form and matter. Thus‚ I support Kant there are some transcendent ideas cannot be proven as they are beyond human sense experience; we have just to believe they exist. 3. I learned that

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    Peter Huang PHL 201 (5) Dr. Marshall Osman 3 December 2012 Number 6 Immanuel Kant believed in utilitarianism‚ which is the moral philosophy that says we should act in such ways as to make the greatest number of people happy as possible. This is why he introduced the categorical imperative. As a moral law‚ it is a command that is unqualified and not dependent on any conditions or qualifications. In short‚ it tells us to act in such a way that we would want everyone else to act the same way.

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    Ethics September 1‚ 2013 Aristotle and Kant Aristotle and Immanuel Kant have greatly influenced the moral and cultural views‚ and the way that we perceive the world as a whole now. If Aristotle was only judged solely in terms of his philosophical influence‚ only Plato is his peer: Aristotle’s works shaped centuries of philosophy from late antiquity through the renaissance‚ and even today continue to be studied with keen. On the other hand‚ Kant synthesized early modern rationalism and empiricism

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