Aristotle published Metaphysics and Alexander the Great was not content with him doing so. Alexander believed that by publishing the book‚ Aristotle believed that he was uncovering all the secrets to the masses. Alexander thought that knowing the secrets of metaphysical knowledge was what made him unique‚ and is should not have made its way to the light and everyone’s acknowledgement. Based on the reading of “The Metaphysics‚” I believe Alexander the Great was upset at the fact that Aristotle
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In Kant’s Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he acknowledges the recommendation from the earlier that whatever instrument is found in man‚ it must be the most fitting instrument for it. Accordingly‚ it can’t be that joy is the most astounding characteristic since reason is not favorable for it. Nature would have constrained man’s reason from the domain of satisfaction and depended man’s bliss to impulse alone. Rather‚ Kant brings up that reason in the domain of satisfaction really prompts
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Gonzalez‚ Sophie Period 6 December 3‚ 2012 Dorothy and the Tree: A Lesson in Epistemology Stanley Fish discusses how we in society base our lives off of assumptions. Using the example of Dorothy and the tree‚ Fish is able to show how with our assumptions‚ we as people categorize others and things into what we believe to be correct. Whether or not we have actually taken the time to figure out if we are right is irrelevant. He notes that we should just “keep trying to expand our sense of ‘us’
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Remaining Issues with the Discourse on Metaphysics There are still some problems with the position Leibniz holds‚ the most concerning being a failure to establish or support man’s choice as something besides a possible‚ though certain‚ motion of their essence. Their actions may be accidentally determined by this internal nature‚ but this affords no more freedom than the existence of alternate possibilities. Something yet more concerning: while Leibniz perceives action completely determined by nature
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In his publication‚ Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Immanuel Kant supplies his readers with a thesis that claims morality can be derived from the principle of the categorical imperative. The strongest argument to support his thesis is the difference between actions in accordance with duty and actions in accordance from duty. To setup his thesis‚ Kant first draws a distinction between empirical and "a priori" concepts. Empirical concepts are ideas we reach from our experiences in the world
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Jimmy Chung 500 415 174 PHL 710 Philosophy and Film Second Film Analysis David Ciavatta April 17‚ 2015 In Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant establishes what it means to be moral. Kant in his paper explains the requirements for something to be moral in the following propositions: But now in order to develop the concept of a good will‚ to be esteemed in itself and without any further aim‚ just as it dwells already in the naturally healthy understanding‚ which does
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In Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he sets forth to explain the relationship between actions and their moral worth. In this paper‚ I will begin by explaining what determines the moral worth of actions based on the three types of motivations‚ distinguishing particularly between actions from duty versus in accordance with duty. Then‚ I will explain the seeming contradiction set forth in Kant’s examples of actions from duty. Finally‚ I will describe how Kant believes that most actions
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Immanuel Kant‚ disagreed with the Utilitarian principle that maximized happiness for the greatest number of people. In chapter 2 of his book‚ Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant theorizes an external critique that we don’t always act for desires but duty instead. Kant really has this worry and he wants to find a firm foundation for our moral laws. According to Kant‚ Act only on that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. Universal moral law
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Zeno of Elea‚ perhaps the biggest supporter of Parmenides‚ stayed loyal to his teacher. He wrote a book in which to further support Parmenides and his values that both him and Zeno‚ as well as the other members of the Eleatic metaphysics had all shared. Parmenides believed that “reality is single‚ changeless and homogeneous‚” (Makin) and to back up what Parmenides’s beliefs‚ Zeno wrote up what is now known as his paradoxes. His most famous being‚ the paradox of plurality and within that‚ his argument
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In the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant asserts that actions based on duty is of the virtuous nature and that actions based on inclination are not. In the same time era‚ philosopher Friedrich Schiller satirized Kant’s argument by stating that if a person does a good deed for a friend naturally because that person is his friend‚ then that person is not virtuous. Therefore‚ the person must hate his friend and do the good deed in order for the person to be virtuous. While Kant’s guideline
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