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  • Kant Metaphysical Exposition of Space

    Kant Metaphysical Exposition of Space

    Kant: Explain and asses what you think to be the best argument Kant gives as his "Metaphysical Exposition of Space" (B37-40) that space cannot be either and actual entity (Newtonian concept) or any independent relation among real things (Leibnizian concepti be on). In other words, is he successful in arguing that space must be (at least) a form of intuition? Do any of his arguments further show that space must be ONLY a form of

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    Essay Length: 2,382 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Kant Vs. Virtue Ethics

    Kant Vs. Virtue Ethics

    When we talk about whether or not a person is ethically right, we can look at the actions that he or she may partake in. These actions maybe studied in different situations such as the one that we were told to evaluate. While leaving the grocery store, one witnesses an old man struggling with his oxygen tank. Without thinking, you lift the tank and help the elderly man. This action is a kind gesture, but

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    Essay Length: 829 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Philosophical Approaches of Kant’s Deontology and Mill’s Utilitarianism in Reviewing the Movie Extreme Measures

    The Philosophical Approaches of Kant’s Deontology and Mill’s Utilitarianism in Reviewing the Movie Extreme Measures

    In the 1997 film Extreme Measures a young British doctor, Guy Luthan, who is serving a residency in a New York hospital, is faced with some difficult moral and professional dilemmas. This film used Dr. Luthan's dilemmas, which dealt with these sensitive issues of doing what is right regardless of the consequences involved, as well as questions involving scientific advancement and experimentation. How far can medicine go in the name of progress or helping humanity?

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    Essay Length: 1,616 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: June 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Kant’s Theory

    Kant’s Theory

    Immanuel Kant criticized previous ethical theories, as moral obligations do not come for humans, their cultures or God. Moral obligations are not from any other source but reasons, according to Kant. We have duties to perform which shows we have common sense. Kant states when something is done out of inclination to yourself, it is not considered moral. For example, when you go to the bank to cash your check in the amount of $350.00.

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    Essay Length: 656 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Kant Vs Bhagavad-Gita

    Kant Vs Bhagavad-Gita

    Kant vs. Bhagavad–Gita There is a broad range of ethical beliefs. Of course, in ethics it is a matter of opinion of how people make decisions on a daily basis. I am going to be discussing Kant and Bhagavad-Gita's deontic ethics and their morality in terms of duty. Both have a wide range of similarities and differences. From Kant's perspective he teaches us that to have moral worth, an action must stem from duty. It

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    Essay Length: 715 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 24, 2011 By: Miss1978
  • Viewpoints of Kant and Bentham

    Viewpoints of Kant and Bentham

    By comparing viewpoints of Kant and Bentham and relate it to our modern society, it is able to observe that Kant provides a more straightforward answer to whether it is moral to have an abortion . The standard of Kant is that, the final decision is only based on the moral worth of the action and furthermore, an abortion is a way to kill a person that is always considered as a murder and it

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    Essay Length: 333 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: August 3, 2014 By: tsp009
  • Kant’s View on Abortion

    Kant’s View on Abortion

    Devan Crecy MWEthics Kant’s View on Abortion Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo from the womb before it can survive on its own. Abortion has always been a debate about whether ending a pregnancy is murder or a fundamental human right. The terms to separate the debate is pro-life or pro-choice. Pro-life is the word used to describe people who does not support abortion. They see abortion as murder

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    Essay Length: 584 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2015 By: dc317
  • Kant Aquinas

    Kant Aquinas

    Aaron Keene PHI 240 HSY1 Wally Calabrese Kant and Aquinas both have very reputable theories on morality. Both of them are considered to be influential and their theories are used by many. Kant’s moral theory focuses on reason and deals with absolutes. Aquinas on the other hand, examines intentions and uses tradition natural law theory to prove his points. To determine which one of these theories best fits within my spectrum of understanding I must

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    Essay Length: 1,351 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2017 By: dougkeene

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