Immanuel Kant

Hurthouse’s analysis of emotions in ethics is quite intriguing. She seems to try and find the middle ground between two of the most influential philosophers of all time. David Hume and Kant. As a result, I will try to explain both their views, Hurthouse’s view, and an argumentative paragraph explain their differences and similarities. According to David Hume, morality is something that is unable to be created via reason alone. Primarily since because ideologies are incapable of…

Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, was born and raised in Konigsberg, a city in East Prussia, on April 22nd, 1724. He was born into a family devoted to Pietism, a Protestant sect. Being apart of this movement, Kant and his family believed in simplicity and obedience to moral law, and as a result, lived puritanical lives. Kant attended the local university and made a living as a private tutor. Following this, he worked as a private teacher at the university until being officially hired to teach…

This essay will distinguish between the theories of punishment illustrated by Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant and will explain why I oppose Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarian approach on punishment. Although Bentham and Kant did not have a concrete answer to the methods of issuing punishment, Bentham’s theory consists of more questionable and empty statements. Kant, in my opinion, has a more realistic view of life-based on the innate actions of human beings as opposed to Bentham utilitarian theory.…

the Metaphysics of Morals by Kant in 1785 introduced deontological moral philosophy, having the centralized philosophical concept of the categorical imperative. The categorical imperative states ‘Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law’ – Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Immanuel Kant praised the absolute truth, rejecting at all costs any lie. The dilemma of truth and lying, Kant believed, is the…

associated with Immanuel Kant and his Critique of Pure Reason. According to an article by Nicholas Stang in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy it is a rebuke of previous philosophies which were immaterial, doubting or outright denying the existence of matter. It postulates that things do in fact exist, but are separated from the human consciousness. Transcendental idealism has been subjected to debate by numerous philosophers in regards to how to best interpret it (Stang). Immanuel Kant in…

was presented with? The offer being, Jim has the “privilege” of killing one of the twenty conquered Indians and freeing the rest or her can do nothing and the captain kills them all. In comparing J.S Mills’ philosophical theory utilitarianism and Immanuel Kant’s philosophical theory deontology, we will pay special attention how the two derive from different aspects of an ethical approach and how the outcome can sometimes influence the decisions. According to Mills’ theory if utilitarianism,…

Immanuel Kant is remembered as the eighteenth century German philosopher who founded critical philosophy. He defined categorical imperative as the absolute or unconditional law that applies to all agents, the claim that does not depend on ulterior motives. The categorical imperative is not a command on people on what they should do or not. Kant formulated it to provide a way in which people would be able to evaluate their actions, measuring their morality and ethics. It is a procedure which any…

Immanuel Kant examined the world of ethics through a deontological, or duty-based, approach. In doing so, he argued that the morality of an action is determined by the action’s adherence to rules or the ability to fulfill one’s duty. Through this deontological approach, Kant held that some acts are always wrong, regardless of whether or not the act results in a favorable outcome. In other words, in terms of morality, he claimed that the consequences of an action are irrelevant. Instead, his…

who steals food to feed a starving child , the Nineteenth Century Western Philosopher, John Stuart Mill (1806-1873 ), Modern Western Philospher, Immanuel Kant ( 1724-1804) and Medieval, Islamic Philospher Al-Ghazâlî (1056–1111) are examined. All three ethicists belonged to diverse types of ethics, namely Utilitarianism (Mill), Deontological Ethics (Kant) and Divine Command Ethics (Al-Ghazâlî). To understand each ethicists position on whether they believe it is morally acceptable to steal food…

For example, giving money to a homeless person just to get him/her to leave you alone would be judged not moral by Kant because it was done for the wrong reason. With Kants belief in mind; if the consequence of immoral behavior were dealt with in a legal structure, people would be prosecuted for "EVERYTHING" since there are no extenuating circumstances. Kant's categorical imperative is a tri-dynamic statement of philosophical thought:(1) "So act that the maxim of you could always hold at the…