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    Intro: In this article‚ I first presented the Free Will argument. Then I showed how it fails by questioning the necessity of natural evils. After that‚ I defended my response against a likely rebuttal. 1. The Free Will Argument Against the Argument from Evil: Among the objections to the argument from evil‚ I took the free will argument as the strongest. Let’s first exam the argument from evil‚ and see how the free will argument irrationalize it. The argument from evil says: A1. If an all mighty

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    6/25/2014 Philosophy 201 Reaction to Kant Kant Kant first draws close to differentiating between a moral choice and a prudent choice. A prudent choice is a choice used in good judgment and is rational. Kant has no interest in morality being rational. A law is a law and thou shall obey it. The moral law is absolute. Thou shall not lie‚ means exactly what it says‚ thou shall not lie. No ifs‚ ands or buts about it. There is no reason why a person should lie because it is our duty as moral human

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    Extreme Nationalism. Objective The objective of my essay is to let you know what were the main causes of World War 2‚ focusing in extreme nationalism and letting you know my opinion about it. Introduction The Second World War was a global conflict that resulted in more deaths than any other war. It started in 1939 and concluded in 1945. A lot of World Nations were involved including the Great Powers. There are several causes that led to the Second World War; here I mention the main ones:

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    A Moral Evaluation of Child Labor in the Philippines in the Perspective of Immanuel Kant’s Second Formulation of Categorical Imperative- Formula of End Itself Introduction Children are the prime movers of the country. They are very much endowed with so much potentialities in which may contribute for the betterment of the many. They are indeed really important in everybody’s life not only of their own family but also of their fellow human persons. Every person including the child must be

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    Free Will Essay

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    The power to make your own decisions and not have your choices determined by your genes and your past shows that the philosophy of free will is the most compelling philosophy. Naturalism is the philosophy that we‚ as humans‚ are influenced completely by our genes. The genes we were created and born with do not control the choices we make. If genes were the only things that influenced a person’s decisions‚ then scientists would be able to invent a machine that could make its own decisions and have

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    In the 1997 film Extreme Measures a young British doctor‚ Guy Luthan‚ who is serving a residency in a New York hospital‚ is faced with some difficult moral and professional dilemmas. This film used Dr. Luthan’s dilemmas‚ which dealt with these sensitive issues of doing what is right regardless of the consequences involved‚ as well as questions involving scientific advancement and experimentation. How far can medicine go in the name of progress or helping humanity? Dr. Luthan discovers that homeless

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    In chapter three of The Ethics of Leadership‚ Joanne B. Ciulla‚ introduces the moral philosophy of Prussian philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant‚ who developed a set of ethics to guide our decisions and help us judge whether certain actions are morally correct. Kant’s moral theory does not look at all into consequences and has a very strict view of morality which can sometimes conflict between duty and self-interest. Ciulla mentions the story of David and Bathsheba in the Bible and asserts‚ “Leaders are often

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    patriotic feelings and support for one’s own country‚ but in Germany during the Nazi rule‚ an extreme form of nationalism arose‚ which was characterized by the especially marked feeling of superiority over other countries. When the Nazi party introduced this extreme form of nationalism‚ which included new ideas on economy‚ race and political power; as a result there was a change in German culture. In the 1930’s the Nazis were able to use these nationalistic values to restore Germany from an economic

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    1/17/13 Philosophy Kant & Foucault Both Kant and Foucault present a question of what is enlightenment? According to Immanuel Kant enlightenment was man’s freedom from his “self-incurred immaturity”. Kant believes that all that is needed to reach enlightenment is freedom. Enlightenment could not be achieved by any one person‚ we have to do so as a community. Kant said that we should have the freedom to make public use of our reason in all situations. He also believed that revolution is a

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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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