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    of Kant’s Categorical Imperative. (25) Kant believed that a moral action is made up of duty and good will. Without duty‚ an action cannot be morally good. This is how he developed the duty-based Categorical Imperative‚ also known as moral commands‚ as a foundation for all other rules and will be true in any circumstance purely based on reason. These tell everyone what to do and don’t depend on anything else‚ such as personal desires. Within the Categorical ImperativeKant outlines three important

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    KANT AND EQUALITY Some readers of this essay will have become impatient by now; because they believe that the problem that perplexes me has been definitively solved by Immanuel Kant. It is certainly true that Kant held strong opinions on this matter. In an often-quoted passage‚ he reports a personal conversion from elitism: “I am myself a researcher by inclination. I feel the whole thirst for knowledge and the eager unrest to move further on into it‚ also satisfaction with each acquisition. There

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    or maintain social order through the rule of law. It can also be thought of as an agreement by the governed on a set of rules by which they are governed. Two theorists that had very strong views on the social contract were Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant. Although both of these theorists believed in a social contract they both had different views on what it exactly meant. Hobbes was a different kind of philosopher that had a very pessimistic view on humanity. In Hobbes’ book the Leviathan‚ he believed

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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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    Kant Ethics

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    Kant Ethics: Outline I. Introduction A. An overview of Kant Ethics II. Discussion A. Discussion on Kant ethics III. Conclusion A. Significance of motives and the role of duty in morality Kant Ethics Introduction Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher born in 1724 and died in 1804. He is considered one of the most influential people on modern philosophy for his intensive research in the subject. This paper

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    According to Kant‚ goodwill is being able to reason and act right because it is morally right and not because of the consequences that your actions may or may not produce. In order to adhere to moral law Kant came up with a set of imperatives (commands or advice) for one to follow. His imperatives consist of Hypothetical and Categorical. Hypothetical imperatives consist of problematic imperatives and assertoric imperatives‚ which hypothetical imperatives say that an action is only

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    Kant was part of enlightenment period Morality is entirely determined by what someone wills because a good will is the only thing that is good with out provocations. Every other character trait is only morally good once we qualify it as such. Kant morality is all about what someone wills and not about the end result or consequence is. Someone can be happy but for immoral reasons. Kant it is really the thought that counts. Motivation is everything. What does Bentham and Mills look at consequences

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    Kant’s theory on deontology is a way of assessing one’s actions. One’s actions are either right or wrong in themselves. To determine if actions are right or wrong we do not look at the outcome in deontology. Instead Kant wants us to look at the way one thinks when they are making choices. Kant believes that we have certain moral duties in regards to one’s actions. It is our moral duty that motivates ones to act. Theses actions are driven either by reason or the desire for happiness. Since happiness is

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    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 the only completely good thing is a good will that can be conceived to be good without qualification

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    1. “The imperative thus says which action possible by me would be good‚ and represents the practical rule in relation to a will that does not at once do an action just because it is good‚ party because the subject does not always know that it is good‚ party because‚ even if he knew this‚ his maxims could still be opposed to the objective principles of practical reason” (4:414). Kant’s categorical imperative states that our actions should be in accord with universal good and not driven by any personal

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