Contrary to Aquinas was a much less compelling philosopher Immanuel Kant. Kant lived what some said to be a remarkable life; his philosophical work includes critique or practical reason and fundamental principles of metaphysic morals (79). However while some might believe that Kants philosophy was much more compelling than Aquinas I believe that Kant philosophy was flawed and lacked validity. Kant talks a lot about the will of people and how it is not the action that makes something good it is the
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could analyze this situation with two different ethical theories‚ by Kantian and/or Aristotelian views. The approach that we take with Kant’s views is strictly based on reason. The key factor in this situation with Kant would ask if we did this action without any thought. Because Kant heavily argues that a moral person has to be rational‚ the thought process that you went through to arrive to the action is needed and very important. With this in mind we need to look at the other key concepts of his
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Professor Innes Jerry “Sean” Hughes Mid Term Kant vs. Bentham Throughout the realm of philosophy there have been many arguments on the idea of ethics and what motivates human nature and guides our judgments. I will be focusing on two philosophers both of whom tried to answer that question. Jeremy Bentham whose views on what should be used to guide our judgments as to what’s wrong or right have been defined as utilitarianism. Focusing on a different idea using morals and a sense of duty
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The United Nations and Kant The United Nations failure to prevent war is based on its flawed structure. This structure includes two different levels of power. The first part of that is the General Assembly. This allows each of the 139 nations the power to equally each have one vote. Because everyone has equal power‚ if used correctly‚ this should be every effective at preventing war. However‚ this is not possible because of the second part of United Nation‚ the Security Council. The Security
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Abstract and Referential Ontology: Descartes Versus Spinoza on the Existence of God. The concept of God is central to the development of Cartesian and Spinozan philosophy. Although both philosophers employ an ontological argument for the existence and necessity of God the specific nature of God differs greatly with each account. While Descartes suggests a Judeo-Christian concept of God‚ Spinoza argues a more monistic deity similar to that of the Hindu tradition. The most significant difference
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infinite number of ways of examining love and religion but none of them can be taken as fact and none of them can be guaranteed as false. In this paper‚ I will examine the ways that Rene Descartes and Saint Augustine examine their lives and what they feel makes their life worth living. In the Meditations‚ Descartes attempts to doubt everything that is possible to doubt. He is uncertain of the existence of many things from God and himself. Then he goes on to start proving that things do exist by
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really skilled at something in general. While in philosophy‚ Kant defines genius as follow‚ ‘Genius is the talent (natural gift) that gives the rule to art [...] Genius is the inborn predisposition of the mind through which nature gives the rule to art’; ‘Beautiful art must necessarily be considered as art of genius’. (§46) To Kant‚ it is like beautiful art cannot live without genius‚ because beautiful art is the art of genius. As Kant mentioned‚ genius cannot be imitated‚ it is a special ability
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Substance Esha Jain Descartes and Spinoza are both regarded as rationalists‚ and for good reason. There is quite a bit of similarity in the methodology used by both modern philosophers as they try to make sense of the world and establish what is true. Both philosophers have implemented an orderly way to construct their arguments as a way to seek the perfect‚ whole truth. One essential truth that both Descartes and Spinoza strive to understand is on the matter of substance. Descartes implores the possibility
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Explain the difference between transcendental realism (using Leibniz and Hume as examples) and Kant’s transcendental idealism. Why does Kant call his turn to transcendental idealism a “Copernican Revolution”. Transcendental realism claims that the world exists independently of human subjectivity. It also claims that the human thought or perception has no influence and does not effect the way world exists and cannot be interpreted by the way people interpret it. Transcendental realism relies
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uphold unhappiness. Kantian ethics on the other hand puts a persons benefit before the greater good‚ that is people never should be used as means only but means to an end. Both Kant’s ethics and Utilitarianism greatly analogize between each other as Kant is deontological which means that someone ought to do things because they are right‚ as it is duty and that in itself makes it right. On the other hand Utilitarianism is based on consequence as someone should act to bring the greatest good to the greatest
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