A priori

In its quest for legitimacy, the traditional view in public administration distinctly attempts to associate reason with judgment. The desire for rational, technical decision-making has become a powerful organizing principle in public administration. While this model has dominated the discussions and debates in the scholarly work, there are some who also argue that legitimacy of the state itself is not public administration’s problem (Miller, 2004a). Miller’s position takes place under a working…

argument that during intentional acts, there is the thought of doing something. This occurs without a person consciously bearing these intentions constantly as we go by our normal routine quite inattentively. The necessity of grounding morality in priori principles is greatly emphasized by Kant on which he bases morality on his formation of a reason in its practicality. Kant believes on the un-conditionality of commands and he believes that the empirical moral philosophy or moral anthropology as…

He said here also that we cannot doubt our own knowledge. • Synthetic A Priori Statements - This was counter to the views of many empiricists of the time. Kant argued that the synthetic a priori was essential because it was a part of our cognitive equipment. Synthetic a priori truths are those essential truths that are necessary conditions for knowledge to be possible at all. • Phenomena and Noumena - The phenomenal world…

Rationalists say that knowledge is based off reason and that without reason we wouldn’t be able to make to make anything from our senses and surroundings. Rationalists claim that we are born with several fundamental concepts or categories in our minds. These fundamental concepts are also called innate knowledge, for example, time or space. According to rationalism knowledge is based of self-evident truths. An example of a self-evident truth is that all bachelors are unmarried. This is simply…

or motive. Kant believed that by doing your duty you are functioning morally. Morality, under Kant’s interpretation must be applicable to everyone at all times, places, and societies and cannot be hypothetical. A categorical imperative is based on priori knowledge; independent of sense experience, where reason is used to determine what is and isn’t universally accepted as moral. Categorical imperatives are not personal or vary from one person to another. They become universal because doing your…

Religion is a matter of personal belief, faith, or dogma. The majority of religions are centered on the existence of one or more gods. The existence of God, or multiple gods, is a priori truth- no observation can show that God does not exist. However, there is also no observation that prove that God does exist. This dilemma has driven many philosophers to propose numerous arguments against and for the existence of God. Of these, The Design Argument presented by William Paley. The Design Argument…

Kant’s Groundworks of the Metaphysics of Morals, and Mill’s Utilitarianism, each offer different arguments about what is morality. They both give us fundamental and universal theories about morality. Before we compare the two, let’s first start with a summary of the main arguments of each philosopher. Mill begins chapter one by setting the stage for what he is going to discuss. Philosophers have discussed the foundation of morality for more than two thousand years. (Mill 95). He mentions how…

to deduce the existence of God by reason alone, and both without any assumption of divine revelation or sensory experience. While the monologion offers compelling proofs for God’s existence, it also suffers from shortcomings, namely an inherent a priori assumption that God exists. What the monologging does offer are a description of divine qualities. While it may prove that God is the most good, the source of existence, ar even a being superior to all others, none of these prove God’s existence.…

to be a nice person. And that “good will” should be without any incentives which Kant declares it as “moral”; and all this unconditional incitement he refers to as “priori”. But we have hardly seen any examples where actions have been taken without any motive and that is why categorical imperatives must therefore be derived as priori. According to categorical imperative in terms of the will of a rational person it means that you should treat other people like the way you want to be…

The philosopher john locke: a work of political ingenuity Locke’s profound writings have had significant impact and influence on the works of future political thinkers till today. He is the principal architect of the enlightenment which inspired the American and French revolution. Locke’s view is instrumental in modern philosophy. As a major proponent of liberalism aim to posit …. The work of Locke focuses on establishing civil society, choice of leadership and right of the people to resist…