Immanuel Wallerstein

Although Butler and the other moral sentimentalists saved morality from many of the failures of natural law theory, Butler’s theory of obligation from conscience alone provides insufficient obligation. In actuality, conscience is a limited and weak authority. According to Butler’s argument, conscience alone is sufficient for constraining people to act morally. Yet, if conscious was a strong enough source of obligation there would be no need for government, laws, and other external sources of…

They have many similarities and differences. The two philosophers are Aristotle and Immanuel Kant. When I compare and contrast these two philosophers you can see how they similar in their approaches to ethics because they both admire reason. But they also differ, the first main difference is that Aristotle creates a form of virtue ethics…

FINAL ASSIGNMENT CALEB TONY-ENWIN PHIL 1000 100939996 APRIL 2, 2015 Question 1: Explain why Kant did not end up with Hume 's skepticism as far as the notion of causality goes. For this question you are required to explain what Hume 's skeptical solution to the 'problem of causality ' is and then explain in detail how Kant avoids this skeptical solution (in other words, you will have to talk about what role causality plays in Kant’s system and how Kant…

Personal ethics plays an important role in every aspect of our lives. From the great classical philosophers, such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to the more modern ones such as Immanuel Kant, philosophical ideologies have attempted to answer moral dilemmas such as right and wrong or good and evil for millennia. In this paper, I will discuss and share my personal ethical framework and how that framework applies to my personal and professional responsibilities. Theories Aligned with Personal…

Growing up my parents forced their beliefs on me, but as I have gotten older and taken PHIL 103 Ethics, my morals and where I stand ethically has changed dramatically. When I was younger my parents would tell me that there were things I had to do and those that I couldn’t do, but they usually didn’t have a reason why. I strongly believe that you do not need God in your life to do the right thing, or to be a good person, “Even Kant admits at one point that full-fledged belief in God is not…

Affirmative action has been a huge discussion in higher education for the reason being that it gives minorities the opportunity to become successful in life. Minorities are usually the ones who are looked down upon because they are not given the chance to become educated. Everyone deserves to be equal and be given the chance to face his or her individual rights. The goal for affirmative action is to have everyone be treated similarly as well as promoting diversity in education and everyday life.…

Kant pronounced the need of the set of tenets of behavior and regulations which would give us the chance to settle on the right decision. This capacity to choose which looks like freedom from the first site swings to be a liability on the shoulder of the humankind as opportunity means obligation. Kant states that better or more terrible, activities can be performed to accomplish the more terrible or better result and this places us in the position of good situation where picking worse, one can…

Act utilitarianisms claim that when we are determining what to do, we should achieve the act that will establish the greatest net worth. In their perspective, the principle of unity is to do whatever will create the best overall outcome. The theory ought to be handled in certain acts to specific situations. The appropriate action in any circumstance is the one that produces more benefits and well being, than any other circumstance. A term used by act utilitarianisms is optimific, which means “to…

To begin with, when there is any controversial issue, it is important to take perspectives from the scholars of the past, and to learn about what they have to offer. For obvious reasons, it isn 't possible to get their opinions on the specific issues. But it is possible to use their doctrines that they wrote about and apply them to the real world scenarios in question. The conflict that recently caught the media’s attention is about CEO Martin Shkreli. To be more specific the questions: “is…

In order to consider the topic of rational justification of decision-making and moral responsibility, one must observe the case study that was presented, which was titled, Baby Samantha. This particular case study is a very interesting one due to the fact that Geoff Baumgartner, the disability home’s manager, has Samantha’s life in the palm of his hands. The main argument held is whether or not Geoff should let baby Samantha die due to negligence where the disability home had failed to pump her…