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    Born Immanuel Kant in what is now known‚ as Kalingrad Russia in 1724‚ Kant became one of the greatest philosophers since the Greeks. Kant stayed in his hometown for most of his life and became famous for his brilliant mind and thoughts of his own ethical theory. Kant’s ethical theory is an analysis of the bases of the concepts of moral code and moral obligation. His theory goes into breaking down and giving guidelines to those rational beings who wish to live or seek to live a purely good life. They

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    distinguish in todays society‚ however philosophy has took a much more intricate account of what morality is. Philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ in his Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ and philosopher Thomas Hobbes‚ in his Leviathan‚ both have very different understandings on the basis of morality and the determination of what is “good”‚ “evil”‚ “right” or “wrong”. Kant believes that purely rational principles alone provide the basis for morality‚ whereas Hobbes establishes that human beings are self-interested

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    Immanuel Kant’s Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals challenges traditional moral perspectives with abstract concepts that are explained with great depth. Section three of Kant’s philosophical work introduces the concept of freedom as the key for an explanation of the autonomy of the will. Kant interprets freedom as a means to acting without the restrictions of personal emotions‚ desires‚ and the influence of the external world. In my essay I will prove that Kant’s account of the concept of freedom

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    to consider‚ pure reason implies universal laws do not contradict. Kant says in Groundwork of Metaphysic Of Morals “act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” (421) Another important point in Kant’s ethics states‚ "there remains law‚ namely to promote his happiness not from inclination but a duty‚ and then his conduct has for the first time its authentic moral worth." (400) Prefacing a universal law that says‚ everyone at all times

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    Jimmy Chung 500 415 174 PHL 710 Philosophy and Film Second Film Analysis David Ciavatta April 17‚ 2015 In Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of MoralsKant establishes what it means to be moral. Kant in his paper explains the requirements for something to be moral in the following propositions: But now in order to develop the concept of a good will‚ to be esteemed in itself and without any further aim‚ just as it dwells already in the naturally healthy understanding‚ which does

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    In Kant’s Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he acknowledges the recommendation from the earlier that whatever instrument is found in man‚ it must be the most fitting instrument for it. Accordingly‚ it can’t be that joy is the most astounding characteristic since reason is not favorable for it. Nature would have constrained man’s reason from the domain of satisfaction and depended man’s bliss to impulse alone. Rather‚ Kant brings up that reason in the domain of satisfaction really prompts

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    What is the central difference between metaphysics as Kant conceives it‚ and metaphysics as Aristotle conceives it? Argue in support of one or the other view. Metaphysics is usually taken to involve both questions of what is existence and what types of things exist; in order to answer either questions‚ one will find itself using and investigating the concepts of being. Aristotle proposed the first of these investigations which he called ‘first philosophy’‚ also known as ‘the science of being’ however

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    In Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he sets forth to explain the relationship between actions and their moral worth. In this paper‚ I will begin by explaining what determines the moral worth of actions based on the three types of motivations‚ distinguishing particularly between actions from duty versus in accordance with duty. Then‚ I will explain the seeming contradiction set forth in Kant’s examples of actions from duty. Finally‚ I will describe how Kant believes that most actions

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    Kants Moral Thoery

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    (1) Explain Kant’s moral theory. Explain and critique Kant’s response to “The Nazis Objection.”  Immanuel Kant is one of the most respected and studied philosopher of all time and is known for his basic yet in-depth moral theories and the belief that morality stems not from divine command or cultural conditioning but from reasoning and human freedom. His straight forward beliefs come from his very strict Lutheran upbringing which consisted of universal rights and universal wrongs with no exceptions(

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    Explain the challenges to the moral argument Kant’s moral argument can be summarised in 4 points. Point 1‚ a good will or a person with right moral intentions seeks to bring about the summum bonum. If we take our ethics seriously we can see that we want to achieve the summum bonum. Kant‚ however was adamant that people should not act nice to receive an award at the end of the act. Kant was convinced that an act is only morally good if it is done for its on sake and without any selfish thoughts

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