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    Kant Theory and Justice

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    Immanuel Kant concerns himself with deontology‚ and as a deontologist‚ he believes that the rightness of an action depends in part on things other than the goodness of its consequences‚ and so‚ actions should be judged based on an intrinsic moral law that says whether the action is right or wrong – period. Kant introduced the Categorical Imperative which is the central philosophy of his theory of morality‚ and an understandable approach to this moral law. It is divided into three formulations. The

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    ABORTION: IS IT MORALLY WRONG? INTRODUCTION Abortion is the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies‚ but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus. For this reason‚ it is a very controversial subject. ABORTION Supporters of abortion rights argue that the embryo or fetus is not a person‚ or at least that the government has no right to ban abortion unless it can prove that an embryo or fetus is a person. I believe

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    Tutelage, By Immanuel Kant

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    According to Immanuel Kant‚ enlightenment was a man’s release from “self-incurred tutelage.” Enlightenment was the process by which the public could rid themselves of intellectual bondage after centuries of slumbering. After giving a brief analysis of cause why tutelage occurred‚ he proposes the requirements for enlightenment. Immanuel Kant wants the public to think freely‚ act judiciously and “treated in accordance with their dignity.” Kant says that tutelage occurred because of many reasons and

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    Enhancing Human Life

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    The human beings are mysterious organisms. Enhancing human life by tampering nature will set mankind on a course of unpredictability such as overpopulation‚ethical dilemma‚ and mysterious illness.What would happen if one were in a constant fear of a deadly disease? Or if one cannot find jobs to support their family? Lengthening the human lifespan and reviving people similar to Jenna Fox will result in overpopulation.Population explosion will demand additional infrastructure such as transportation

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    J. S. Mill and Immanuel Kant each believe that there is only one clear option when faced with a predicament that could cause suffering to other individuals‚ although what they believe to be morally right is not what you would immediately think to be morally right. According to these philosophers‚ there are occasionally situations where the morally right obligation may not seem clear‚ because there is still suffering involved. Both Mill and Kant believe that morally conflicting situations can be resolved

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    Life in the 20's vs 30's

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    Life In the 20’s and 30’s Many people who just got back from the war were so unhappy due to the Spanish flu that they got from traveling around the world. In the 20’s people starting to life happy because of the prices and everything that they have starting to raise. Unfortunately everything in this world always rotating around. So this roaring that happening in the 20’s starting to end in the 30’s. This created the Great Depression. In the 20’s many people were so happy because they got

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    abused by those authorities or when they refuses to perform their duties .The doctrine of legitimate expectation is relatively new concept which gained standing after it was introduced Ridge v Baldwin and fashioned by Courts for the review of administrative action. In Schmidt v Secretary of Home Affairs Lord Denning delivered the obiter dictum on Legitimate Expectation as the ‘ right‚ interest‚ or legitimate expectation’ of an individual against an administrative action with regards to the right

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    Hobbes Vs Kant

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    In the idea of human nature and reasons; we can indeed perceive a modern philosophy and ethics‚ by monitoring a reflection of insightful philosophers of Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant. In this regard‚ however‚ Hobbes and Kant’s are differing in so many ways as they have entirely different perspective on the issue of morality and pragmatism. This disparity can be viewed‚ by how Kant’s view morality in more of a rationalistic way‚ while Hobbes being more empirical on the topic of ethics.Therefore

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    A: Explain Kant’s theory of ethics Kant was born in 1724-1804‚ he was a German thinker from East Prussia (now Russia)‚ and he spent his whole life in his hometown. Kant wanted to create a logical‚ stand-alone theory that wasn’t just based on assumptions‚ he believed in an objective right or wrong that is decided on reason and that we shouldn’t do the right thing just because it’s right and not to fulfil our desires. Can we lead a life following his ideals are there not some situations where a perfect

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    Is Torture Morally Wrong

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    Torture can be defined as mental or physical harm to any human being. Whether to torture an enemy or any individual including the ethics of it is a very problematic topic to this day. After the attack on Paris it became even more controversial and the remaining question is whether using torture to obtain information to save lives outweighed the ethical and moral obligations. Human rights become involved‚ including the ramifications it could have. An American free society is supposed to be 100%

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