Immanuel Kant Metaphysics Morals Essays and Term Papers
289 Essays on Immanuel Kant Metaphysics Morals. Documents 226 - 250
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Capital Punishment - How Morally Correct Is It?
When someone that is close to you is hurt, it not only hurts them but it also affects you. We sympathize with the ones that we love and knowing that someone you love is suffering will make us suffer just as much. If another being hurts or kills someone that we care for it can make us go to certain extremes that can distress us mentally and sometimes even physically. As humans we all
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The Mind: Aristotle Kant and Socrates
Daniel C. Dennet said in A Glorious Accident that, "our minds--if you like-- [are] just as real as our dreams"(Kayzer, 37). The implications of this statement are substantial, for if this is true--if our minds and our consciousness are just dreams or the constructs of our brain, what we perceive, our memories, and our sense of reality are nothing more than illusions. Not only is this scientifically a valid statement, but it forces us to
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Moral Development
Moral development is one of the oldest topics of interest for those who are curious about human nature. Today, most people have strong opinions about acceptable and unacceptable behavior, ethical and unethical behavior, and ways in which acceptable and ethical behaviors are fostered in youth. Teachers as well as parents have become widely concerned about their children’s values, in turn moral education is something that is being pushed into a lot of school curriculums.
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Aristotle’s Moral Theory
In this paper, I will examine Aristotle's understanding of virtue and his explanation of virtuous actions as presented in Nicomachean Ethics. In Book II of the work, Aristotle distinguishes between moral virtues, which are learned through habit and practice, and intellectual virtues, which are learned through instruction. However, it is not until later in Book II that Aristotle actually defines virtue. He opens Chapter 5 with, "Next we must consider what virtue is" (35) and
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The Moral and Legal Status of Abortion
When engaging in culturally and ethically controversial topics like abortion, I have found that most people latch onto a specific idea and use it to counter every argument offered against their view. For example, one in favor of abortion might be unwilling to question the “fact” that a woman has a right to her own body, (which means that a fetus has no such rights). On the other hand, one who is against abortion
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Is There a Moral Code?
Is there a moral code What is a moral code? My definition would be an unwritten code that one lives by. It would indicate what I believe, how I should act and how I should live. There isn’t anyone watching over me judging my morals; I am responsible for myself and for my actions; I am my biggest critic. A moral code is always in my head telling me how to act in situations. It’s
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Abortion - Morally Acceptable or Not
Abortion…Morally Acceptable or Not Whether or not abortion is morally acceptable has for long been a debated topic. When discussing this topic, the context in which the word “moral” is used needs to be clearly understood. The word “moral” has many different meanings. One meaning of this word is: “conforming to standards of what is right or can extend in behaviour: virtuous”. So much has been said and is still being said, written, aired on
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Cloning - the Moral Issue
Today, the topic of cloning generates more argument then it has ever created before. The controversy over cloning is based, in part, on the fact that there are extreme opposing viewpoints on the subject. Also a major factor in the debate over cloning is a fear of new technology. Throughout history, man has always been slow to adapt to a new technology, or a new way of doing things. We go through all the trouble
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Morality in C.S.Lewis'“that Hideous Strength” And
The crucial theme present throughout C.S. Lewis’ “That Hideous Strength” and Oscar Wilde’s “The picture of Dorian Gray” is morality, and how it can be influenced. The main characters in C. S. Lewis’ novel, Mark and Jane Studdock, go through very contradicting paths and join opposite in objectives, organizations; at the same time they share similar feelings (solitude, confusion, paranoia) and carry out immoral actions in the attempt to run away from the problems. On
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Kant: The Universal Law Formation of The Categorical Imperative
Kantian philosophy outlines the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative as a method for determining morality of actions. This formula is a two part test. First, one creates a maxim and considers whether the maxim could be a universal law for all rational beings. Second, one determines whether rational beings would will it to be a universal law. Once it is clear that the maxim passes both prongs of the test, there are no
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Kant Euthanasia
I am going to apply the theory of Kant's Deontology to the case regarding assisted suicide for psychological suffering. Based on Kant's theory, I have found suicide morally unjust. This case is about euthanasia and assisted suicide. On September 28, 1991, Dr. Boudewijn Chabot administered a sufficient amount of sleeping pills and a liquid drug mixture to a patient with the intentions of assisting the patient with death. The patient, Hilly Bosscher, was suffering from
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The Moral Permissibility of Same Sex Marriage
The Moral Permissibility of Same-Sex Marriage Homosexuality has been a part of public consciousness in the United States for more than the past hundred years. Only recently has homosexuality been widely accepted as something other than a psychological disorder, but rather a trait (whether genetically or environmentally determined) which a person has the right to express. Some argue that homosexuals have a right to enter into legally recognized marriages with someone of the same sex.
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Victorian Morality
During the time of the Victorian Era, etiquette was considered status. Etiquette ranged from how cut fruit to how to walk. Morals were very strict in those days. If you didn’t follow them then you were considered an outcast. Since young age, ladies were trained to live their lives as home girls and soon to be home ladies. Once they were married, it was expected for them to stay home, cook meals, and take
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Moral Philosophy as Applied Science
Ruse and Wilson in “Moral Philosophy as Applied Science” give the example of brother-sister incest avoidance as being an ethical code motivated by an epigenetic rule that confers an adaptive advantage on those who avoid intercourse with their siblings. In this discussion, Ruse and Wilson argue that moral laws disallowing incest are redundant relics of mankind’s evolutionary history that provide nothing to mankind but explanations of a hard-wired evolutionary trait (179). I reject this argument.
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Kant and Categorical Imperatives
In order to evaluate one's actions whether they are moral or not, we use many moral dilemmas. One of them is Kant's categorical imperative. This essay presents Kant's project of categorical imperative. Then, I will explain that rulers should appeal to Kant's categorical imperative when making foreign policy decision. In order to support my point of view, I will give importance to the reasons of why rulers appeal to categorical imperative when making foreign policy,
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Metaphysics of the Trinity
Metaphysics of the Trinity by Augustine In order to try to grasp the Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity Saint Augustine presents to us it’s Metaphysics. The Catholic Church believes that God reveals Himself to us in three ways: Sacred Scripture, Creation and Tradition. Scripture: “Then God said…” (Genesis 1:3) and “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God…All things came to be through Him without
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J.S. Mills: Morality
In his work "On the Connexion Between Justice and Utility", John Stuart Mills begins by discussing the inherent feeling of justice that people have. He says that humans have both intellectual instincts and animal instincts, and that is it possible that the former judgements be wrong as well as the latter actions. Relating to the natural feeling of justice, Mills says, "Mankind are always predisposed to believe that any subjective feeling, not otherwise accounted for,
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Abortion - the Controversy on Morality
Leah Foote Holly Dillard English Composition 1301 October 27, 2004 Abortion- The Controversy on Morality Abortion’s legalization through Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade, has allowed for one in three pregnancies to end in abortion. This means that 1.5 million abortions are performed in the United States each year (Flanders 3). It ranks among the most complex and controversial issues, arousing heated legal, political, and ethical debates. The modern debate over abortion is a conflict of
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Aristotle's Ordinary Versus Kant's Revisionist Definition of Virtue as Habit
Aristotle's Ordinary versus Kant's Revisionist Definition of Virtue as Habit L. Hughes Cox Centenary College of Louisiana lcox@beta.centenary.edu ABSTRACT: In what follows I examine the following question: does it make a difference in moral psychology whether one adopts Aristotle's ordinary or Kant's revisionist definition of virtue as habit? Points of commensurability and critical comparison are provided by Kant's attempt to refute Aristotle's definition of virtue as a mean and by the moral problems of ignorance
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Ethics and Morals in Marriage
“Can I spend the night with you tonight” the young boy asks the other boy? The response, “No, my dad has me this weekend, maybe next week.” We live in a world where over half of the marriages end in divorce. This is truly a confounding issue that faces us today. The moral and ethical ramifications brought about by such a change in family organization will only begin to show in the years to
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Do You Agree That There Is a Moral Problem Associated with the Use of Cochlear Implant Technology to Treat Hearing Loss in Prelingually Deaf Patients?
Do you agree that there is a moral problem associated with the use of cochlear implant technology to treat hearing loss in prelingually deaf patients? According to Crouch, there are major problems with the use of cochlear implants in prelingually deaf patients. He argues that these children are better off without cochlear implants because when given one, the efforts to learn oral language will hinder his or her contact to and commitment with the Deaf
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Formative Analysis and Theory Application of Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
Formative Analysis and Theory Application Collin Wimbley grew up in a small town in Geneva Idaho, just outside Wyoming. He currently lives at the Legacy Assisted Living House. This paper will go through three distinct periods of Collin’s life and his progression through Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. Kohlberg’s theory consists of three levels, each with two stages within them. The pre-conventional level is at the base, the first stage being obedience and punishment
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Morality Among the “outcasts of Poker Flat”
Morality Among the “Outcasts of Poker Flat” As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty third of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere from the preceding night. Two or three men, conversing earnestly together, ceased as he approached, and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air, which, in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences,
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Enquiry Concerning the Priniciples of Morals
In his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, Hume offers up a number of virtues and qualities which are valued for any of four reasons: they are useful to the individual, useful to society, agreeable to the individual, or agreeable to society. One of the qualities which Hume elucidates is justice. This quality, however, according to Hume, is valued solely for its usefulness and not upon any agreeability to anyone. Hume explains his position thusly.
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Cloning Morals
Cloning over the years has been gaining widespread popularity in both a supportive and controversial matter. With great ideas such as cloning comes great power to our world, and the pros and cons of it need to be examined in great detail. In 2001 the possibility of cloning was said to be near in the future along with massive advancements in technology. A general law was later passed against cloning soon after its discovery thus
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