Condemnation to Freedom In Sartre’s world of Existentialism‚ the responsibility of the entirety of our actions‚ as well as of the outcome of any given situation‚ falls on the individual alone. There is no Creator to blame‚ there is no person or occurrence or human nature to blame‚ it is simply of our own fault. This may seem counterproductive to what one may consider the positive idea of free-will‚ however once understood that we are truly free in our entire existence it becomes
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The rejection by existentialist writers of absolute moral values makes the construction of an existentialist morality a paradoxical task‚ but a task which nonetheless has been attempted by successive writers. Jean-Paul Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche both attempted to replace traditional morality with an ethics based on authenticity. This essay will discuss some of the initial similarities in their approaches‚ and identify where and why their approaches diverge. In the course of this examination‚
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6 SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY Kant also distinguishes three kinds of free- dom: freedom of choice‚ or free will; freedom as self-regulation‚ or autonomy; and freedom as civil liberty. Freedom of choice is a natural property of all human beings‚ and refers to the fact that human conduct is not wholly determined by animal impulses. Autonomy is the capacity of a subject to legislate and abide by ethical impera- tives of his own making. Civil liberty
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Aristotle vs. Kant Ethical Teachings Central to modern ethical teachings are the views expressed by Aristotle and Kant‚ whose writings and works have influenced ethical issues over centuries. This essay presents a comparison between the ethical teachings of Aristotle and Immanuel Kant with the use of three concepts presented by Aristotle and Kant which in the context of a contemporary ethical issue such as abortion. Firstly will consider the philosopher’s views and ideas on living the best possible
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Jean Paul Sartre is an existential philosopher from France. Sartre as an existentialist has strong beliefs in free will/responsibility for choices you make‚ and individualism. Sartre does not believe in a transcendent force or a god‚ he believes that people make choices in their lives and those choices are 100% made by free will. With this idea Sartre also believes that people are also fully responsible for the decisions they make in their life. This theory goes for every single decision that
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Kant vs Mills in Animal Rights In this essay I will cover the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. I will begin by covering Kant perspective of rational beings and his idea of a priori learning. I will then move on to his idea of categorical imparaitive. After Kant I will discuss Mill’s utilitarian theory regarding pleasure and pain. With a better understanding of those I will move to Mill’s idea of a posteriori and hypothetical imperative. Following the ideas of these philosophers
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contrasting the moral philosophies of David Hume and Immanuel Kant. Although I will be discussing several ideas from each philosopher the main theme of my paper will be dealing with the source of morality. It is my opinion that Hume’s sentiment based‚ empirical method is more practical than the reason based‚ a priori theory of Kant. According to Kant moral law must be known a priori‚ and must be able to be universally applied to all beings. Kant asserts that empirical explanations of morality may only
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Kant and Hinduism (observed in the Bhagavad-Gita) There are many similarities between the analyses of religious works of Hinduism (the Gita being used in this case) and the philosophical work of Kant‚ or even Buddhism and Hume for that matter. Both argue from similar premises about personal identity and share similar conclusions about human action. Their metaphysical models are similar‚ as are their rules of logic‚ and some feelings towards one’s duty. They make their claims from different
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Lanz Romulo N. Deiparine ENGLCOM A56 24-02-12 Compare and Contrast Essay on Spirit as the Philosophical State of Mind (Hegel’s Spirit/Mind and Philosophies VS. Kant’s Reason/Soul and Philosophies) I. Introduction II. Argument 1: Divisions and Facilities A.) Divisions of Spirit B.) Faculties of Soul III. Argument 2: Idealism A.) Hegelian Absolute Idealism B.) Kantian Transcendental Idealism IV. Argument three: The Dialectic A.) Hegelian Theory of Dialectics
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November 29‚ 2012 Singer VS. Kant Duty can be defined in numerous ways but what is difficult to know is what our moral obligations are? Immanuel Kant and Peter Singer have attempted to find a more simple‚ rational‚ and supreme rule for what our duty is. Singer makes the distinction between charity and duty. He attempts to show that we‚ in affluent countries such as the United States‚ have a moral obligation to give far more than we actually do in international aid for famine relief‚ disaster
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