___________________________ CHAPTER II JUDGMENT and PROPOSITION Form is a revelation of essence. As the drop becomes the ocean‚ so the soul is deified‚ losing her name and work‚ but not her essence. You must break the outside to let out the inside; to get at Kernel means breaking the shell. Even so to find nature herself all her likeness have to be shattered. (Anonymous) Chapter Outline 1. Judgment Defined a) Elements of Judgment * two known
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According to the Golden Rule (GR)‚ you should do unto others as you would want them to do unto you. The first forumulation of the Categorical Imperative (CI)‚ formulated by the German Philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ states one should act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction. These two rules are not the same thing as they are based on entirely different philosophical foundations. The motivation for the GR is that
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To answer what makes a moral rule appropriate or not‚ Kant proposed Categorical Imperative first formulation and second formulation. According to Categorical Imperative first formulation‚ moral rules that we follow to do a moral
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To find the Minor Term‚ look at the conclusion and find the subject term. The remaining term of the three categorical terms is the Middle Term. (NOTE: The Middle term never appears in the conclusion)Example:All light bulbs are human.All Bostonians are light bulbs.Therefore‚ All Bostonians are human.(Major term = ’human’‚ Minor term = ’Bostonians’‚ Middle term =
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Categorical Syllogism I. Definition II. Three categorical propositions III. General Rules 1) Number of terms in the syllogism. 2) How to determine the three terms in the syllogism. 3) Distribution of the major and minor terms in the syllogism. 4) Distribution of the major and minor terms in the syllogism. 5) The quality of the premises. 6) The quality of the premises. 7) The quality of the premises. 8) The quantity of the premises. 9) The quantity
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of ‘The Categorical Imperative’. It is the overriding and supreme concept of Kant’s moral philosophy. Essentially‚ it combines the other concepts –composite of law of reason- and results in one principle. This one principle must not be hypothetical in nature. For example‚ it cannot be “If you want too… you must…” Rather‚ The Categorical Imperative (Universal Law of Formula of Kingdom Ends) requires one to act by moral laws such as “Don’t do this” or “Do that”. Moreover‚ the Categorical Imperative
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This doc is my attempt to reduce the fear people have of this topic‚an imporatnt are of verbal reasoning. there r 3 types: conditional syllogisms‚disjunctive syllogisms and categorical syllogisms. In this doc‚we try our hands on the last type: i.e.categorical syllogisms. Here‚we r provided wid two statements /propositions(we shall call them premises from now on ) from which we r to draw a conclusion...or sometimes we r given two premises followed by a conclusion wherein we have to say whether
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NAME:OLOWOJOBA GIFT MAKINI COURSE:INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC(PHIL 111) DEPARTMENT:LAW DATE:26TH/NOVEMBER/2014. TOPIC: CATEGORICAL PREPOSITION Categorical preposition has the capability of being either true or false‚ with it’s feature as the quantifier‚the subject term‚the copular verb and the predicate‚not every sentence has the capability of being true or false. In the angle of opposition we have the contraries‚ sub-contraries‚super alternation‚sub alternation.while at the center the contradictories
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Immanuel Kant created a handful of formulations regarding his system of determining morality‚ the Categorical Imperative. James and Stuart Rachels in The Elements of Moral Philosophy‚ illuminate Kant’s first and second Categorical Imperatives. While Kant claims the formulations are equivalent‚ they offer differing guidelines on how the Categorical Imperative is operated. Although the formulations share the same basis‚ the difference regarding how the formulations are adhered‚ is a large distinction
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Summary Immanuel Kant - “The moral law” First‚ Kant presupposes that there is a moral law. That is‚ there exists some basis for morality beyond subjective description of it. He then begins with a series of identifications to answer how the moral law possibly gives a pure abstract form of a moral law that will ask if it is really moral. He says the only good thing that exists without qualifications is a good will (or good intentions). Other things may bring goodness‚ but always with qualifications
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