For Immanuel Kant‚ guilt is considered a necessary condition for punishment and judicial punishment can never be used merely as a means to promote some other good for the criminal himself or civil society. He argues that‚ an offender must first be found to be deserving of punishment before any consideration is given to the utility of punishment for himself or his fellow citizens. In this view‚ utilitarian concerns can never justify the punishment of an innocent person while guilt itself demands
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Being a firefighter is no easy job‚ but somebody has to do it. The job is both mentally and physically challenging and it requires extreme dedication. Fire fighters put their life in danger every single day to help and save the public. Fire fighters must be prepared for the dangers they encounter and be able to respond immediately to a fire or any other emergencies that arises. Because fighting fires is so complex‚ it requires organization and teamwork. Fire fighters have one of the most
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Jimenez RWS 100 Prof. Traylor November 8‚ 2012 “The Moral Instinct” A journalist of The New York Times Magazine by the name of Steven Pinker published an article titled‚ “The Moral Instinct.” The purpose of the article was to discuss morality and the questions and speculations around it. In the article‚ Pinker suggests that our moral goodness is just in our minds and is there to help us decide between what is right and wrong. He says that our moral goodness isn’t just an opinion-based conclusion‚ whether
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third great revolution inspired by the values and philosophy of the Enlightenment. What were the values/philosophy of the Enlightenment? How did it differ in attitude from previous eras? And if the French Revolution was the third‚ what were the first two revolutions it inspired? EMAIL Historical Situation: The Enlightenment in France Who developed the philosophical ideas which inspired the French Revolution? The significance of the philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment was spelled out in France
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For me a long term effect of having cancer is extreme fatigue. This makes it harder for me to focus during class‚ stay awake long enough to complete mounds of homework‚ and enjoy the social aspect of school. I have a difficult time in enjoying events outside of school because I am usually too exhausted to even appreciate being around others. I often wonder if I am getting the full high school experience. However‚ the most important thing for me to be focusing on is my health‚ so getting enough rest
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Christina Hoff Sommers thinks that schools should teach moral values while Joel Turtel believes that schools in America are not teaching moral education correctly. Turtel’s opinion on the moral education programmes and what they are turning young generations to is very extreme. Though I disagree with Turtel that teaching young people that “a value is good if it ‘works’ for a particular child at a particular time” is not the best solution and that this will cause children to be “turned into amoral
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Philosophy Tuesday November 11 John Corvino – Homosexuality is morally acceptable * Why do people have sex? * Pleasure * Avenue for personal growth * Way to communicate * Lasting inter-personal fulfillment * Not usually engaged for procreation purposes * Not to say that it can’t be used for this * It’s not the only purpose behind sex * The book ‘Sex at Dawn; * Humans have sex roughly
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Philosophy 101 Midterm Essay Number One Friday October 19th 2012 Deontology Immanuel Kant’s deontological moral theory provides a strong base for making correct decisions and is a better ethics system than Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill’s utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that is attributed to philosophers John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham. Utilitarianism is a theory holding that the proper course of action is one which maximizes happiness for the majority
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James Dodge Pam Horneck English Composition October 4‚ 2011‚ The Effect of Extreme Dependency on Computers Technology has swept the planet in the past 50 years with computer cellphones GPS’s and other such devices the help us in everyday life. It is an important thing to people‚ especially the people who run organizations‚ and industry. Almost anything you know is run or made by computers. Cars and jets were designed on computers‚ traffic signals are run
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Extreme Ice Survey and Climate Change 1) When James White said “this is one of those pivotal moments in human history‚ it is too important for us to continue to ignore it”‚ he was referring to something bad occurring and us humans not realizing it until it’s too late. Just like many other moments in history we don’t care about certain things unless it impacts us directly. Well global warming and climate change is real and that’s what he’s trying to get across. The climate of the planet is rising
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