7. What in your opinion is Kant’s greatest contribution to moral philosophy? In my opinion‚ Kant’s greatest contribution to moral philosophy is his idea of ‘The Categorical Imperative’. It is the overriding and supreme concept of Kant’s moral philosophy. Essentially‚ it combines the other concepts –composite of law of reason- and results in one principle. This one principle must not be hypothetical in nature. For example‚ it cannot be “If you want too… you must…” Rather‚ The Categorical Imperative
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The human life cycle is essential to the world’s population. It allows individuals to create families that can change society in multiple ways and all those individuals that has the capacity to change the world has a mother. Every soon to be mother wants an easy pregnancy but most importantly hopes and prays for a healthy baby. Understanding pregnancy is important soley due to the fact its a major factor in the cycle of life. Pregnancy involves growth‚ development and a new beginning. A
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Value of Life What is the value of life? There are so many different perspectives and opinion about this broad topic that we will never be able to come up with one definition. The value of human life may always be a obscure curiosity.During the early era‚ life was not valued‚ humans treated other humans as slaves‚ they treated them like nobody. The life we obtained was already chosen for us‚ before birth no individual gets to decide who‚ what and where their life is going to emerge. life is very
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proving what is” right and what is wrong”. Kant employs his views and thought of metaphysics as a discipline in his ethical philosophy. "if a law is to have moral force. Two of the greatest well known philosophers have thoughts on it and they are Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Immanuel kant and John Stuart Mill consider the death penalty is fairly right ‚but they gives totally two different opposite thoughts and reasons on why it should be. Immanuel kant has very
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discover when search further into the case that the collapse of the entity is inevitable. The company was in collusion with co-operative corporations lied about its profits and stands accused of a range of shady dealings‚ including concealing debts so they didn’t show up in the company’s accounts (BBC‚ 2012). During the process of operation‚ the management did not tell the truth to public though they knew it. Worse off‚ they deceived. Ethical Dilemma In the case‚ two core issues are attributed
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Business – MGMT 338 February 6‚ 2012 Introduction Countries outside of the U.S.‚ like Argentina‚ rely on the value of the American dollar. They do this because they want to keep their currency “pegged” to the American dollar. According to Businessdictionary.com the definition of a pegged exchange rate is‚ “System in which the value of a country ’s currency‚ in relation to the value of other currencies‚ is maintained at a fixed conversion rate through government intervention.” While this does work
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Theme: Ever Timely‚ Ever Timeless There are a lot of philosophical issues or questions that are mostly involved in philosophy‚ but not all of these issues are preserved‚ some of these ideas are now unknown‚ yet many are still used and the argument about it is still ongoing. As of today‚ people still have questions about a lot of things. Although a lot of different philosophers have given their insights about a certain topic. Through all the centuries‚ only a few of these issues are used as their
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that having to pay for standing armies deprives humans of their freedom. The cause for the need of standing armies is that even with the presence of the social contract‚ there exist no binding contract among nations‚ and thus Kant seeks to solve violence‚ yet again‚ to result in a “peaceful federation among all the peoples of the earth”. Kant‚ as he always is not fond of inconsistencies‚ writes that paying soldiers to kill or be killed is against human rights‚ as it clearly violates the rights of
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My purpose in this essay is to provide evidence that freedom and autonomy are linked‚ as well as subjectivity and morality. This essay will also show why existentialism is the only medium sufficient enough to obtain these ideals. This evidence will be provided through the works of Sartre and De Beauvoir‚ and will give us a basis to discuss why freedom cannot exist without an individual first being autonomous‚ as well as why subjectivity is necessary to form a correct moral code. Objections to this
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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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