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    Extreme Sports Motivation

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    Extreme Sports Motivational Factors Lawrence Cannon December 4‚ 2011 PE 5880 Abstract In the 1970s‚ extreme sports had been growing rapidly since its introduction. However‚ there has been little research done on extreme sport participants. In specific‚ the reason why consumers participate in extreme sports has not yet been investigated‚ although the number of participants and spectators of extreme sports is rapidly growing. Since motivation is a significant factor of sport participation

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    Kant Third Antinomy

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    The antinomies of pure reason are among the most important sections in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason‚ and transcendental philosophy in general. Among the antinomies‚ none were more well-recognized than the third antinomy‚ which concerns the nature of freedom and determinism. This antinomy went on to pave the way for the rest of German Idealism and several issues regarding interpretation and relevance are still pertinent today: the relationship between the second analogy and the third antinomy‚ the

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    Kant vs. Hegel

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    Leona Take LARS 3155 10 February 2013 Kant and Hegel Hegel’s concept of the “Absolute Idea” claims that there is a universal and ideal standard that is continuously being revealed throughout history‚ in various forms of human expression. The Absolute Idea can be interpreted as God‚ nature‚ spirit‚ or reality. With art‚ there is no such thing as “Art for Art’s sake” because art is a manifestation of the unfolding of the Absolute Idea. In Hegel’s Art History‚ the progression of art is always

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    Chinese Philosophies Writing Assignment From 1027-221 BCE‚ the Zhou era‚ Chinese philosophers “offered insights into how humans should behave in regard to their families‚ the state‚ and nature.” Different philosophers tried to achieve a similar goal of having a well-ordered Chinese society‚ but they all had vastly different methods of achieving this goal. There were three different schools of Chinese thought that all tried to achieve the goal of having a peaceful society that lived in harmony.

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    During the duration of this essay my intentions are too deeply analyze the many symbols that the scarlet letter presents. As the novel begins‚ The prison is the first symbol presented. “The prison of the town symbolizes the darkest aspects of Puritan society and its hypocrisy (Warfel). The original Puritan settlers flooded the lands of North America to establish a "city upon a hill‚" a model society operating on God’s laws. Meant to be a safe-haven for humanity free of sin and crime‚ this settlement

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    of years apart‚ they are almost identical when it comes to their views on some moral issues. In regards to euthanasia‚ Kant and Catholicism have different reasons‚ yet their views are the same in that they say euthanasia is wrong. To find whether or not Kant and Catholics agree or disagree‚ there must first be a consensus on whether euthanasia is the same as killing someone. As defined by Webster’s dictionary‚ to

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    Imperative.” By his own logic‚ Kant attempted to describe the mechanics of nature and the morality of mankind. As Mitchell states: Indeed‚ as Kant showed us‚ the world appears to operate according to the principle of cause and effect‚ and our shared agreement of this interpretation allows us to reason about the world. (Mitchell‚ 259) Through his exploration and definition of nature‚ Kant asserted that autonomy was a necessity which a creature must maintain in order to conceive a moral assessment of actions

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    Born in 1724‚ Immanuel Kant became an extremely important Prussian philosopher. His parents were poor as he grew up‚ and were part of a strict religious group – a protestant group known as Pietism. When he was sixteen‚ Kant went to university in Prussia and received the equivalent of a doctoral degree by the age of 31. He taught as a professor of logic and mathematics at the university and was an extremely popular lecturer‚ because people wanted to hear what he had to say. He wrote several notable

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    Aumio Golam October 31‚ 2013 Philosophy 1700 Midterm Exams I. Introduction (Pick 1 out of 3) 1. Explain the difference between Value Theory‚ Normative Ethics‚ and Metaethics. Give an example of a claim from each area‚ and explain why each claim falls into the category it does. Value Theory is a reflection of the word; we analyze what human’s value and why we find it valuable. For instance‚ Schafer Landau states on page 2‚ many philosophers try to figure out whether happiness is the main

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    is a moral ideal that there is a clear distinction between what is morally right and wrong thing to do. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) outlined in his book Groundworks of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785). “reason tells us what we ought to do‚ and when we obey our own reason‚ only then are we truly free" (President and Harvard‚ 2011). Kant describes a situation where in life one should do the right thing not for appearances‚ but because doing the right thing is the morally correct thing to do. Kant dictates

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