As an urban planner, I am employed to be part of a project focusing on development and community consultation in the Western Sydney Priority Growth Area. Western Sydney Airport and more infrastructures are the key part of this project which aims at improving the productivity of Western Sydney’s economy by way of creating job opportunities […]
Euthanasia is the termination of a terminally ill person’s life in order to relieve patients of their severe and untreatable pain. It is further broken down into two types: active and passive. In this paper, I will be focusing on active euthanasia and will argue that it is morally justifiable for a physician to alleviate […]
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Order nowWhat is the Enlightenment? It is more than just the commence of the dark ages, it was the basis for all free intellectual human development and the development of the fundamentals of science as we know it today. It was the age of the scientific revolution, the age of replacing darkness. The outlook on everyday […]
In 1985, Kenneth Lay merged the natural gas companies Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, creating Enron. Enron Corporations bankruptcy case is famous for being the largest corporate bankruptcy cases in United States history. In the 1990’s the company’s stock was expanding at a steady rate; this rate mimicked the flow of economy at that time. […]
Human happiness has been a topic of discussion for thousands of years. The discussion focuses on how to reach true happiness, and the relevance of happiness to decision making. Over time, philosophers have mulled over human happiness, with Aristotle and Kant taking opposing stances. Aristotle believes happiness is the goal of human activity. Kant argues […]
Increasingly corporations see business ethics as the bottom-line matter-not the optional one of ethics. This adoption of ethics as leading to collective operating gains or losses means they are receiving new attention. It is for the reason that “ acting ethically and responsibly ” may take this movement of the time, if just because the […]
The saying “no choice is still a choice” is a prevalent theme in not only philosophy but throughout life as well. The experiences that we as human beings encounter forces us to make choices whether we willingly decide to or not. The biggest lesson is deciding what we individually place importance on and being at […]
For as long as history is recorded, senseless conflict and misery regularly transpired on the whims one head of state alone. During the 18th century many of the philosophers of the Enlightenment were concerned with ideas surrounding human beings’ autonomy and self-determination and challenged the idea of rule by a monarchy which had prevailed until […]
Kant’s concept of the right method for treating individuals is expressed by method for a positive proclamation. Regularly, ethics spin around negatives first; i.e. “thou shalt not . . ..” Kant says, “(thou shalt) treat others as though the maxim by which you are acting will become a universal law of nature.” In simpler terms, […]
The categorical imperative is a list of commands that expresses our duties that we are required to follow. For morality to work it must issue commands. With the supreme principle of morality, there is a distinction between perfect and imperfect duties. Dutiful actions are caused by reason and will. Perfect duties are those that branch […]
From our course readings and discussions, there is provided a general structure as to how principles and rules can be applied to actions as a practical guidance to produce the best outcomes’. The outcomes of individuals are often accompanied by comprehensive explanations as to what makes certain measures right or wrong. Historically, there have been […]
The libertarian notion of freedom is grounded in self ownership and the fact that people have certain rights; one of those rights being that you should be allowed to do what you want with what you own. Others should not be allowed to stop you, and this is why libertarians hate paternalistic laws and moral […]
I believe the biggest contrast between the libertarian notion of freedom and Kant’s version is the idea of autonomy (Kant) versus heteronomy (libertarian). Libertarian’s value their right to be able to do anything they please to do with their time and properties so long as their desires are met. They believe in self-ownership because this […]
On many online forums and social media sites today there are artificial accounts known as, “bots”, these bots perform a number of functions from posting the same image every hour to contributing racist banter to online threads. To this point there has not been much definitive work made to prevent or regulate their use. In […]
The aspect of rationalist that Kant synthesizes is, data is perceived under the categories of quantity, quality, relation, and modality. Raw, unprocessed data, Kant thought, would be meaningless and unusable. For Kant, our mind becomes reasonable when we examine the role of our mind shaping the sense experience we receive (Mitchell, 2015, p. 257). In […]
From our course readings and discussions, there is provided a general structure as to how principles and rules can be applied to actions as a practical guidance to produce the best outcomes’. The outcomes of individuals are often accompanied by comprehensive explanations as to what makes certain measures right or wrong. Historically, there have been […]
Biography Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was considered by philosophers to have been one of the greatest thinkers of all time. Kant lived in remote province where he was born for his entire life. He was the fourth of nine children but the oldest surviving child to obtain an education. His parents were devoted followers of Pietistic […]
“Mill and Kant both recommended to base morality on a single principle (Kant and Mill).” Both join in their proposed first standard of ethical quality a sort of comprehensiveness, for Kant’s situation that of confining one’s tenets of activity to those that one can will to be an all-inclusive law of nature, for Mill’s situation […]
