Kant argued that moral requirements are based on a standard of rationality he dubbed the "Categorical Imperative" (CI). Immorality thus involves a violation of the CI and is thereby irrational. This argument was based on his striking doctrine that a rational will must be regarded as autonomous‚ or free in the sense of being the author of the law that binds it. The fundamental principle of morality the CI is none other than this law of an autonomous will. Thus‚ at the heart of Kant’s moral
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In Schopenhauer’s view‚ whose will is at work when two people fall in love? What reasons does Schopenhauer give for this view? In Schopenhauer’s view it is the will of the unborn baby which is at work when two people fall in love. The baby’s will is born when two lovers meet. The real aim of love’s romance‚ although the persons concerned are unconscious of the fact‚ is that a particular being may come into the world. Romantic love is nature’s way of selected breeding.. It makes you think‚ that
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"My Philosophy of Education" Someone’s philosophy is how they‚ themselves‚ interpret‚ feel‚ and speak about a specific topic. A philosophy cannot be wrong‚ nor can it be right‚ in fact it is an opinion. There are different ways to see something from a personal point of view. Philosophy is a notion of how you feel about something in particular. Education has many philosophies. Famous teachers and knowledgeable men and women throughout years have had their own philosophy of teaching and learning
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What is the central difference between metaphysics as Kant conceives it‚ and metaphysics as Aristotle conceives it? Argue in support of one or the other view. Metaphysics is usually taken to involve both questions of what is existence and what types of things exist; in order to answer either questions‚ one will find itself using and investigating the concepts of being. Aristotle proposed the first of these investigations which he called ‘first philosophy’‚ also known as ‘the science of being’ however
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Methods and Applications July 15‚ 2003 Metaphysics In philosophy‚ a term known as metaphysics‚ referred to the writings of Aristotle nearly three centuries after his death. Metaphysics is the area of philosophy that attempts to understand the basic nature of all reality‚ whether it is seen or indistinguishable we try to relate to our existence. It seeks a description so basic that it applies to everything‚ whether divine or human. In short‚ metaphysics attempts to enlighten what anything must
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Principal Issues with Epistemology Earnell Branson PHL/215 June 18‚ 2012 Dr. Anne M. Edwards Principal Issues with Epistemology Society has attempted to decipher what is real. The idea of what is real and what is understood has been a problem for societies. The different societies and cultures believed in other beings such as different God’s. Greek society was a leader in worshipping and believing in God’s that perceived to be real in their minds and culture. Worshipping these God’s begun
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METAPHYSICS: ONTOLOGY: DUALISM VS. MATERIALISM The original idea of the word ’philosophy ’ was a ’love of wisdom ’ (Cowan 2). Philosophy is meant to explore the ’big questions ’ and try to find answers as best we can in the time we have been given. One of the areas of study in philosophy is metaphysics‚ which deals in the ideas of the nature of reality. "We look at the world‚ and we assume that it is the way it appears to be. It is not." (Carreira 7). There is much to reality that can be discussed
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What is ‘Metaphysics of Morals’? For thirty years‚ Kant intended to entitle his system of ethics ‘Metaphysics of Morals.’ In discussing the Metaphysics of Morals‚ I will discuss Allan Wood’s article in Mark Timmons’s volume Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals: Interpretative Essays; Woods presents a thoughtful interpretation that might be a clue for our discussion of emptiness charge. By examining each of the two major doctrines of Metaphysics of Morals‚ that is‚ principle of right and the class of juridical
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Preface The foundation of the metaphysics of morals is a critical examination of a pure practical reason. The present foundations is the search for and establishment of the supreme principle of morality. Method: analytically from common knowledge to the determination of its supreme principle; then ‚ synthetically from the examination of this principle and its sources back to common knowledge. Division: 1. the common rational knowledge of morals -> the philosophical rational knowledge
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if relativity the wording or the person speaking can make the claim false. 3. Justification is subjective because subjective epistemology is our personal standards. Standards are what helps up justify our reasoning and thinking because we create standards based on our experiences. Our psychological thinking and analyzation of things helps us create our subjective epistemology. 5. Conspiracy theories and epistemic system connect because in order to believe in a conspiracy theory it requires a person
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