Essay Exam 3-1 In this essay I’m going to address questions concerning Kant’s grounding for the metaphysics of morals. First‚ I will describe each of his examples of acts done out of desire and acts done out of duty. Then I will answer the following questions: 1. What conclusion about moral worth does Kant use these examples to illustrate? 2. Whether I agree or disagree with Kant that if you perform an action out of duty‚ then the act has more moral worth that it would if you were to perform it
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there is only two choices; stay with the terminal ill mother or serve the government in military action. Looking Kant’s deontological ethics a few things to consider‚ pure reason implies universal laws do not contradict. Kant says in Groundwork of Metaphysic Of Morals “act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” (421) Another important point in Kant’s ethics states‚ "there remains law‚ namely to promote his happiness not from inclination
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since a single substance might one day be part of one body‚ e.g.‚ a skin cell‚ and the next day part of another‚ e.g.‚ the cell is eaten by another organism‚ breaks down‚ and through biological processes becomes part of the new body (“Discourse on Metaphysics‚” § 34‚ p. 245). This past writing of Leibniz’ has likely influenced what he wrote in “Monadology‚” for this definition of a substance is very similar to his idea of a monad; it is also intrinsically linked to the idea that all things are plenums
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In the article‚ “The Metaphysics of Sex and Gender”‚ Asta discusses how and why sex and gender are conferred properties. According to Asta‚ a conferred property is one that is “dependent on human thoughts‚ attitudes and practices.” (p.59) A property that is attributed by a person’s judgement onto something or someone is said to be conferred. Asta states that for a property to be conferred‚ it must meet five criteria. Firstly‚ one must decide what property is being conferred‚ for example‚ crime is
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Principal Agent Problem Running a business can be a tricky expenditure in today’s society. As we know a business can only be successful economically if they are bringing more money than they are putting out. Owners of businesses realize that positive economic profit is essential to the livelihood of their businesses. As with every business‚ employees are hired to do specific tasks that the owner assigns for them. However‚ with employees comes the responsibility of managing them. This is where a
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Immanuel Kant’s Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics is a hard read‚ but filled with lots of ideas and meanings. Some of the main ideas of this reading were concerned with moral law‚ and duty to oneself. Kant says that morality should be judged and analyzed first before being implemented into certain situations. Any moral law that we create influences the way we think and act towards others. What I think he was saying is that every human being has the potential to create their own morality‚ but
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In his work "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals" Kant explores the question of morality and outlines its main principles. In the Part II of his work Kant reveals what morality is‚ as well as what it is not through discussing its origin and defines morality as a type of imperative (a commanding sentence). Kant starts his reflections from making a claim that morality can in no way emanate from experience and that there has never been an experience of purely moral actions‚ because actions base
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a Schmidt – Assistant Principal Reason for meeting: Annual IEP Meeting Information: SPED Teacher: Grandmother is unable to attend because of illness. She is in Kansas City for treatment today. Grandmother and SPED Teacher talked earlier this week‚ and Grandmother agreed for the IEP team to have the meeting. SPED teacher discussed what was being proposed at the IEP meeting and Grandmother had no issues with the draft IEP. Grandmother‚ the special education teacher and possibly the Transition
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Principals as Instructional Leaders At some level‚ principals always have been instructional leaders—but never before has their role been more prominent. First‚ the accountability movement—No Child Left Behind in particular—thrust principals into the spotlight on academic achievement. Then budget cuts peeled away capacity at both the district and school levels‚ thinning the ranks of assistant superintendents‚ curriculum specialists and assistant principals‚ who shouldered some or most of the
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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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