Primary Sources: Kant‚ Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Edited by Vasilis Politis. London: Dent‚ 1993. Nagarjuna. Madhyamakakarika. Edited by Kenneth K. Inada. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press‚ 1970. Secondary Sources: Allison‚ Henry. "Kant Transcendental Idealism." In A Companion to Kant‚ edited by Graham Bird‚ 111-124. Oxford: Blackwell‚ 2006. Ameriks‚ Karl. "Critique of Metaphysics‚ Structure and Fate of Kant’s Dialectic". In The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy
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Taylor Ciali May 12‚ 2008 Dean Baer Kant-Final Paper The Double Citizenship of Human Existence Immanuel Kant’s theory of knowledge has been one of the most influential in modern Western philosophy. His basic premise is that we do not experience the world directly‚ but we do so by using certain intrinsic cognitive concepts. “Appearances‚ to the extent that as objects they are thought in accordance with the unity of categories‚ are called phenomena. If‚ however‚ I suppose there to be things
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This paper is a condensed reaction to philosper Immanuel Kant theory on ethics. It expresses my observations and instinctual feelings concerning the philosophers statements on how man should behave. It discusses the major points of the philosophers statement. Reaction: Kant’s Moral Cans Pamela L. Atchison Concordia University Texas 04.15.13 . Initial viewing of the Sandel lecture about the nineteenth and twentieth century
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Kant’s first imperative deals with universality and the Law of Nature. Kant states that for a moral thought to be true it must not be tied to any external conditions‚ physical or moral and should be applied to anyone (universalizability principle). Continuing‚ he states that since the laws of nature are defined to be universal‚ we can also express the categorical imperative as if our will of our rational actions would be a universal law of nature. Kant’s second imperative deals with free will and
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Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher in the mid 1800s. He is known to be the father of existentialism and was at least 70 years ahead of his time. Kierkegaard set out to attack Kant’s rational ethics and make attacks on the Christianity of our day. He poses the question‚ how do we understand faith? He states that faith equals the absurd. In "Fear and Trembling"‚ he uses the story of Abraham and his son Isaac to show an example of faith as the absurd. The story of God asking Abraham to sacrifice
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According to Kant because our actions often have unforeseen consequences‚ the morality of them comes from the intentions behind them. Kant’s theory states that nothing is good without qualification‚ except for the good will. The reason for this is that even though many things may have the potential for good‚ they have the same potential for evil; take for example the human brain. A will is good according to Kant when it “is good in itself‚ and considered by itself to be esteemed much higher than
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found out about Max. Because of this‚ Max had to leave to a concentration. Finally‚ Liesel and Max survived the war and Hans and his family died because of a bomb on the street. The situation described previously will be analyzed‚ firstly quoting Kant. Kant supports the statement of disobeying the rules when they affect people‚ as shown in his categorical imperative. The first maxim states that “people should choose their “codes of 1 The web page www.yadvashem.org lists the nations that helped
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DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF GOD Pantheism: God exists in nature‚ everything is God and God is everything. Deism: The universe follows God’s Laws of order‚ also believed that God created the universe and its physical laws‚ set the universe into motion and then moved away‚ and also believed that god has no personal relationship with his humans. Theism: God and humans have a personal relationship and direct communication through prayers‚ meditations‚ etc.. Theism can be polytheistic (belief in one God)
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may not be done‚ no matter what. Referring to the boiling of babies. 2. Kant called these “hypothetical imperatives” because they tell us what to do providing that we have the relevant desires. 3. Instead moral requirements are categorical: they have the form “You ought to do such-and –such period‚” 4. In his Foundations of the Metaphysical of Morals (1785)‚ he (Kant) expresses the Categorical Imperative as follows: Act only according to
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determine what "right" is its settlement with a moral standard based on this theory is the rightness part of the action have to be greater than the good of it. Deontology got its foundations from Immanuel Kant. Kant’s theory is considered deontological for numerous reasons. Starting off‚ Kant states that in order for people to act moral‚ With ulterior motive means its based upon wants ‚ desires and references with no moral worth. In contrast‚ the action come from the motive of duty is considered
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