Immanuel Kant Summery: There are two faculties of the mind: theoretical reason and practical reason. Theoretical reason allows us to answer the question‚ "What can I know?"‚ while practical reason allows us to answer the question‚ "What ought I to do?". For Kant‚ practical reason issues a duty to respect its law. That is‚ morality is not rooted in consequences (consequentialism)‚ but rather in sheer duty (deontological ethics). For Kant‚ practical reason issues a "categorical imperative"
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RYAN LEWIS NET WORTH Introduction: Mellody Hobson (born on the 3rd of April‚ 1969) is an American businesswoman who is the president of Ariel Investments too and also the current Chair of the Board of administrators of DreamWorks Animation. In 2017‚ she became the first African-American lady in leading The Economic Club of Chicago. Early Life: Hobson was born in Chicago‚ Illinois. She attended Ogden school and later was educated at St. Ignatius College Prep high school‚ and afterward attended Princeton
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Reflective Essay Through my research‚ the article that I had found was roughly about the Nigerian farmers decided to sue Shell company in Dutch court claiming the oil spills ruined their livelihood. There was serious damage in Niger Delta due to Shell leaking pipelines. Their fish pond‚ farmland and forests in three villages (Goi‚ Aruma‚ Ikot Ada Udo) were all being destroyed. Their villagers want Shell to pay the compensation for their loss and cleanup the damages they made. But Shell rejected
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chosen to compare two opposing theories‚ Immanuel Kant ’s absolutist deontological ethics and Joseph Fletchers relativist situation ethics. The deontological ethics focuses on actions made according to duty and the categorical imperative - which shows how acts are intrinsically good or bad. The situation ethics state that no act is intrinsically good or bad‚ and that actions should b made according to love. From this perspective it looks as thought Kant ’s views were less personal than Fletcher ’s‚ although
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empiricism‚ constructivism‚ and etc. Rene Descartes Immanuel Kant Aristotle Plato Locke Berkeley Spinoza The kind of knowledge of how can we know what we know‚ the reason why? How is knowledge got? Metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental properties of being. Idea owed to Aristotle. In Greece Realism Idealism Materialism Dualism Monism Aristotle Aquinas Locke Kant Plato Berkeley Hobbes Descartes Leibniz Spinoza What
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But he also points out‚ that we must always recognize that we could be wrong. His argument on the metaphysics of knowledge helps to frame his similar argument on the metaphysics of morals. Kant argues that there is only one thing in the world that is always good; a good will. In support of this claim‚ Kant explains that‚ though very commonly believed to be‚ neither intelligence nor a cool‚ calm demeanor is entirely good. Intelligence is good‚ but it depends on who has the intelligence. Surely the
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Regan/Cahn 1. Why does Regan believe moral disagreements are not just disagreements in preferences? 2. According to Regan‚ why is it obvious that when someone says “Charity is good” she doesn’t mean simply “I think charity is good”? 3. Why does Regan think statistics and opinion polls cannot help us identify moral truths? 4. What problems does Regan think arise from basing our moral judgments on the word of God? 5. What does Regan say could possibly establish someone’s authority regarding
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There are many different viewpoints on what is right and wrong and ethically and morally correct. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and Jon Stuart Mill (1806-1873)‚ both considered to be two of the best philosophers of all time‚ had different views on how one should live the Good Life. John Stuart Mill’s theory was called Utilitarianism and Kant’s theory‚ the Categorical Imperative. Immanuel Kant believed that it was more important for a person to have moral values than to be intelligent‚ funny‚ or to
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ABSTRACT Utilitarianism is a normative ethical theory originally established by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill that advocates brining about good consequences or happiness to all concerned. Kantianism is the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Kantianism is another famous rule of the nonconsequentialist theory. Kant’s theory contains several ethical principles. These principles are the good will‚ establishing morality by reasoning alone‚ categorical imperative‚ duty rather than inclination‚ and summary
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sunsets‚ models‚ or maybe food. But what in our mind tells us something is beautiful? Is it the appearance? How it makes us feel? Philosophers have asked these questions to themselves throughout the centuries. Three to note are Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Kant. Each Philosopher has their own specific viewpoint on the perception of beauty‚ but who is correct? One of the oldest philosophers to date is Socrates. Socrates had a very narrow minded‚ specific view of beauty. He had a twisted idea that people
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