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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when they use the term “extreme” especially in reference to a particular sport or activity? Everyone has a different view or definition of the word extreme‚ but most people would agree in general on most of the points needed to be classified as an extreme sport or activity. The term extreme has become quit the popular word with today’s generation of people and its being over used by the masses to describe a variety of sports and activities‚ but what actually makes an extreme sport or activity is still
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Anthropology of Sports Professor Eastman 12/08/13 Extreme Sports The X Games is one of the more popular sporting events‚ where people gather to watch athletes compete in extreme sports. Some of these sports include skateboarding‚ mountain biking and motorcycle racing. The community around extreme sports can sometimes be seen as exclusive and particular when it comes to defining what an extreme sport is and who is a true extremist. Originally‚ I believe the extreme sport community created this division of
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like the X-games are part of the extreme sports market. Extreme sports received a huge popularity boost in the mid-nineties‚ when American sports channel ESPN launched the “X-Games”. The annual events bring together the best of the world’s extreme athletes to complete for gold‚ silver and bronze medals. There are quite a few sports that are considered extreme‚ with skateboarding‚ rollerblading‚ and BMX biking being perhaps the most well-known. In addition‚ extreme sports encompass some cold weather
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contradiction.” (Kant‚ 1785‚ 1993). What does this mean? A maxim is the fundamental rule of conduct or your moral belief upon which you chose to act. A universal law is a law that everyone must follow regardless of the outcome. How do we determine if the maxim can become universal? One of the first things to do is to ask yourself if it would be acceptable that everyone do the same thing that you are considering doing in that situation. We were given several examples in The Elements of Moral Philosophy
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enough. Frankly‚ I was not particularly good or at any of them. In fact‚ I always used to wish there was a game I could play without having to compete with anyone‚ but enjoy myself simply by virtue of playing it. My interest and participation in extreme sport started one Saturday afternoon after me‚ and a few of my friends watched a van Disel video. We thought‚ why not try some bike stunts‚ by then I had a dirt bike‚ and we played truth and dare. None of us could do any real stunt‚ but we practiced
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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Lady: Nowadays ‚ “Extreme sports” or “X-Games” such as climbing‚ bungee jumping ‚ and downhill skateboarding are being practiced by Peruvians more often . But I’m wondering the reason why Peruvians now prefer to do this kind of stunts instead of practicing safer sports‚ I mean ‚ sports which don’t involve putting in risk their lives . karol: Well‚ it seems likely they’re looking for non-common activities and want to feel the experience of trying something new which may motivate them to do crazy
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unbearable pain‚ genuinely desired to die‚ and freely and competently made such a request. On the same day Dr. Chabot administered the medicine‚ Hilly took the concoction‚ and died. In Deontology‚ the term itself leads us to the study of duty. Duty for Kant is the underlying role of morality. Our duty and intentions combine to form our will‚ and the only one thing in the world that is good is a good will. To act according to duty means we are acting according to principals‚ not according to the final
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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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