THE MORAL ARGUMENT How do we explain the fact that people often refrain from immoral acts even when there is no risk of their being caught? There are many formulations of the moral argument but they all have as their starting point the phenomenon (fact) of moral conscience. In essence the moral argument poses the question: where does our conscience‚ our sense of morality come from if not from God? It also asserts that if we accept the existence of objective moral laws we must accept the existence
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Chapter 8- Circular Measure Additional Mathematics Module Form 4 SMK Agama Arau‚ Perlis CHAPTER 8- CIRCULAR MEASURE 8.1 RADIAN 1. In lower secondary‚ we have learned the unit for angle is degree. In this chapter‚ we will learn one more unit for angle that is radian. P r O 1 radian r Q 2. When the value of the angle 1 radian‚ then the length of the arc is equal to the length of the radius. 3. From this information‚ we can deduce that: r 1 rad r = 360 2πr 1 rad = r 2πr × 360 2π rad
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My philosophy of nursing is taking care of my patients with compassion and empathy‚ with an open mind‚ and without judgement by using correct nursing knowledge. Teaching is another part of my philosophy of nursing. As a nurse‚ you need to give patient education (including family members and caregivers) continuously during nursing care for a better outcome. Personally‚ I believe that learning is a lifelong process. Learning is essentially a good thing for everyone and it creates a positive impact
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How "realistic" is Kantian "empirical realism"? Mainly by way of commentary on passages from the Analytic of Principles and Appendix to the Dialectic of the Critique of Pure Reason‚ Abela offers‚ first‚ the "priority-of-judgment" view: "Kant...banish[es] the idea of any epistemic intermediary between belief and the world" (35); "there is nothing outside judgment...that informs‚ constrains‚ or ultimately grounds objectively valid judgment" (139-40). The ultimate ground is simply the totality of one’s
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Contrary to Aquinas was a much less compelling philosopher Immanuel Kant. Kant lived what some said to be a remarkable life; his philosophical work includes critique or practical reason and fundamental principles of metaphysic morals (79). However while some might believe that Kants philosophy was much more compelling than Aquinas I believe that Kant philosophy was flawed and lacked validity. Kant talks a lot about the will of people and how it is not the action that makes something good it is the
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a leader is knowledge and experience. As a leader‚ is important for their credibility not to be tainted in order for subordinates not to question authority. A leader is constantly coaching‚ mentoring and caring for his soldiers. My leadership philosophy is to treat my soldiers the way I would like to be treated in any given situation. When time allows‚ I like to explain the purpose and the reason why we are doing such task. In addition‚ I allow questions and I challenge them to develop a plan
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or end of the maxim in such a world. Kant thinks that we are not really in freedom if we are only looking for pleasure or desire and avoiding pains. By meeting our instinctive needs and become slaves of our desires and impulse. 2.Explain why following this maxim (i.e. taking recreational drugs) would interfere with your fulfilling imperfect duties to yourself and to other people. Imperfect duties are laxer duties‚ which means you will be free to choose what you want to do to promote
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really ask ourselves is what truly qualifies a person to receive the death penalty. As children we were always taught the golden rule; treat others the way you want to be treated. Immanuel Kant believes in the “eye for an eye” principle. What ever a person does‚ it should be affiliated to what that person deserves. Kant states‚ “Accordingly‚ any undeserved evil that you inflict on someone else among the people is one that you do to yourself” (481). What ever harm you are committing to others‚ you are
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P. 378-390. Notes on the Ethical Theories Kant and His Theories Immanuel Kant (notice that he lived in the 1700’s and people likely had different views back then)‚ a philosopher‚ believes that using reason‚ one can make a list of ethical actions. Kant says that one must generalize the certain action he is about to do to see if it is reasonable. For example‚ you ask yourself “should I cut the line in the cafeteria?” The way you can answer this question is by asking yourself “What if everyone
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In the article “Extreme Altruism: Should You Care For Strangers at The Expense of Your Family” by Larissa MacFarquhar‚ the concept introduced is donating all of the money you do not need to charity because everyone is equal and someone needs it more than you do. The character Julia Wise practices living by the standard of treating everyone as equal has led her to spiral into the deep obis we know as depression. The reason why she has all of this depression is because she has an overwhelming amount
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