Immanuel Kant Research Papers Samples For Students

Introduction

Objectification of women is a trend that is coming up in the entertainment industry especially in movies, music videos, music and television. This development seems to be affecting women more than men. The wave of women stereotypes is dangerous for the society because it is bound to affect how men and women relate to each other and promote unhealthy habits in the masses that are exposed to such incorrect media representation of women. This issue is especially tricky to handle because it is evident that the more the media depicts women as sexual objects, the more viewers seem to be ...

‘The offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of an official in the discharge of his or her public or legal undertakings’ is the legal definition of bribery. China is ranked position 80 out of 178 countries in terms of corruption; this vice is rampant and pervades way for the fast growing economy of the country. China is one of the most developed countries and it’s on its way to achieving the super power status and high economic growth in the next one decade. However, if bribery and corruption ...

An attempt to find out the basic principles of morality made Immanuel Kant. The merit of Kant is that his conception of morality is deduced from logical reasoning rather than empirical observation. Kant believes that the principles of morality should be inferred not from the nature of man and the circumstances of his life, but from the concept of pure reason, on which moral theory may be based. This means that the concept of morality is self-contained, has a reason in itself. Morality, according to Kant, is the realm of human freedom, the will of whom is autonomous and is ...

I intend to discuss the ethical implications of euthanasia throughout the course of this essay. Firstly I will be touching on the German philosopher Kant regarding his theories on personhood and consciousness in terms of people in vegetative states such as Terri Schiavo. I then will be moving on to broader issues of euthanasia such as the right to die and the legality of assisted suicide and refusal of treatment. The purpose of which is to find an answer for the question is euthanasia ethical? Plato was quoted as saying “The brain was the seat of the soul” while ...

Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is generally accepted as the most influential work in “modern” Western philosophy. Coming at the end of the Enlightenment, and the opening of Romanticism, Kant’s great work offered a disciplined model for considering the great existential questions, such as whether or not God exists, whether there is an afterlife, a soul, etc. Reason, Kant argued, is the discipline by which such arguments, for or against, must proceed. Any argument that unduly relies on the theoretical, he reasoned, is highly suspect. Critique of Pure Reason offers provides a bridge between the traditional, religious orientation and ...

Introduction

Criminal punishments in the society are approved by many as a necessary action against those who commit crimes. Despite this universal appreciation of punishment, various theories have different justifications for such punishments. The Kantian approach differs from the utilitarianism approach in justifying criminal punishments. This paper analyzes how the Kantian justification for criminal punishment differs from the utilitarian approach,

Research design and Method

This research will be based on the historical concept. It entails analyzing the characteristics of the two theories and determining how best they could justify criminal punishment in the society as a means of punishing unjustified behavior. It will employ ...

Introduction to John Locke and Immanuel Kant

Introduction to John Locke and Immanuel Kant
John Locke was born on the 29th of August 1632 to John Locke (the elder) (a county lawyer and clerk) and Agnes Keene in Wrington, England. Locke and his only brother had to be raised by their father their mother having died while they were still very young (Bourne, 2008). Reportedly, during childhood, Locked had unusually poor health and had to be tutored at home in most occasions. His home tutoring was further occasioned by World War II.

At age 14, Locke was admitted into the Royal College of St. Peter in ...

Bierstadt used light and shadow in a masterly fashion, which made his painting an extremely dramatic. Incredible contrasts reveal magnificent natural environment and its immense beauty made Bierstadt’s pictures popular. The viewer can easily determine three spaces of the artwork: The foreground is the nearest area to the viewer on the right part of the picture. This part shows a hunting scene of the Indians pursuing deer with horses and dogs. Still nearer on the right the mountain spring is visible, next to which a carcass of deer and some human items were left. At some distance three ...

Introduction

Among the various ethical issues that remain critical to the principled society, one of which is the contemporary issue of welfare and charity. By definition, welfare is an objective delivered by charitable institutions through collective funds from concerned organizations, individuals and the government. However, ethical issues arise in terms of how unfortunate individuals should be helped and the manner of providing assistance. There is a question of to who should welfare is distributed to the deserving poor and to the underserving poor, but the question here is how to determine the deserving from the opportunists. In the wider spectrum of ...

Abstract

The Tea Party Movement is a movement marred with a mix of rejoinders and ideologies. Coming from a long history dating back in mid to late 18th century, the movement has stuck its roots deep into the American society. Various writers have taken a keen interest in the Tea Party Movement and trying to grasp its fundamental belief pattern. However, sad to say is, the fact that, with such a complex setting, it is imperative that different factions of the movement hold divergent beliefs that tend to create relative confusion. While one faction believes that the tax burden is overwhelming, others take such opportunities ...

The character Frodo Baggins in the trilogy Lord of the Rings is a character who potrays bravery and courage and blind at parts. What is amazing about this character, is the will he shows, in the various quests he takes up. Frodo is the son of Drogo Baggins; he is a hobbit of the shire, of the third age. In the movie, he is the holder of the ring that is to be taken to Mount Doom to be destroyed. He is one of the three hobbits who sailed to the end of the third age in the middle of the ...

Abstract

There are several ethical issues raised for the audience of the film, Food Inc. It seems to be done for the purpose of raising awareness and evoking strong feelings. It also stimulates rejection of certain behaviors in the agricultural industry. These behaviors are carried out by some of the wealthy food producers whose assets were (apparently) built by selfishness and greed. Some of the issue can be described according to specific philosophies which address certain dilemmas in the film. Upon explaining the philosophies, examples of ethical issues will be given along with the resulting dilemmas.
Food Inc. is a very ...

Three Gorges Dam built on the Yangtze River in China, is the world’s largest hydroelectric dam. This is based on its power generating capacity, and the floor it covers. It is 1.3 miles wide and 600 feet high with a reservoir stretch of 405 square miles. The building of this dam has been controversial given the consequences it has had to the immediate society where it is located, and the benefits it has accrued to the nation (Shaw, 2010). It is a professional expectation that all aspects of engineering must be aimed at the protection of the public in health, ...

Introduction

This research paper seeks to explore the Occupy Wall Street Movement in a bid to examine the moral and economic implications of its agenda as well as analyze them against the various business ethics theories with a view to finding which of the theories suit it best. Further, the paper shall grapple with the question as to who is responsible for the economic inequality that has necessitated the protest by the Movement and whether such inequities developed instantaneously or in a piece-meal fashion. This paper shall put forward an equitable outcome that bodes well for the capitalistic society that is the United ...

What Is Philosophy?

Philosophy needs one to think beyond the practical ends, as it questions and makes everything look problematic. To take1 philosophy, one has to think beyond the practical world.

Socratic wisdom

Plato (427-347) lived in Athens, under the reign of Pericles. He was Socrates’ follower and an advisor to emperors. Socrates (470-399 B.C) is considered the father of moral philosophy he lived in Athens under Pericles. He spent most of his life questioning and arguing with his contemporary’s questions of Justice, self-control, piety, virtues and friendship2.

In the book ‘The Apology’, Plato’s recounts of Socrates’ trial.3

John Locke (1632-1704) held that since God was a God of Truth, he would never require ...

The Hippocratic Oath is a sacred oath taken by all healthcare professionals, one which underscores their responsibility for the privacy of their patients. However, there are circumstances where this privacy must be breached. Even the modernized version of the Hippocratic Oath makes little mention of such circumstances (Tyson, 2001, p. 6). Moreover, such privacy violations can be justified with sound reasoning derived from philosophic theories.
In cases of patients who are diagnosed with HIV, the healthcare professional also has a responsibility for public health. According to Thiroux & Krasemann (2015), physicians are charged with the responsibility to inform the spouses ...

Abstract

This paper discuses the new technology of the Google driverless car technology. Its current implementation status. Further privacy, ethical, and accountability issues are discussed relating to this technology. Benefits that individuals and the society such as reduction of accidents , cost saving and less traffic are also provided. Recommendations provided for implementation and adoption of this technology stress on the importance of developing privacy laws relating to the technology early before adoption is done.

Introduction

The Google driverless car is a top-notch technological invention developed by the famous tech company Google aimed at making a self-drive car (Miller and Bilton, 2011). This automobile ...

The movement being referred to here is the ‘occupy WallStreet’ movement. This movement started in the month of September,2011 at the WallStreet, and its major purpose was to occupy WallStreet which is the country’s financial capital. The pioneer behind this movement was a Canadian group and magazine called Adbusters, which made the initial call for people to protest. It was largely aided by Workhorse, which is a public relations firm, which assisted Adbusters to draw immense media and public attention to the movement. Indeed its contribution to this cause was acknowledged by industry publication PRNews, which awarded the firm ...

Introduction

Business ethics serves a great purpose in ensuring that enterprises engage in legitimate trade activities. More so, business ethics provides for a fair playing ground in a business context. Business leaders have a responsibility in upholding ethics in their business transactions (Johnson, 2014). With ethics, the transactions become free and it provides a chance for business growth. This paper focuses on Steve Jobs as an ethical business leader. The paper will highlight different ethical principles that apply in business and relate them to the business leadership displayed by Steve Jobs.

Brief Overview of Jobs as a Business Leader

Today applications designers envy the business legacy left behind by Steve Jobs. Jobs worked ...

Introduction

Practical or applied ethics relate to the use of normative ethical theories to practical problems. Moral philosophers have for a long time focused their interests on the practical queries relating to relief programs, war interventions, scholarships for the destitute students, media ethics, welfare of animals, capital punishment and so on. Actions and intentions have been a central theme in ethics. The question that arises is whether the acts are altruistic and whether such actions and programs are obligatory or simply the quest of a discretionary ethical awareness. These queries have for many years generated debate among philosophers in the field of applied ...

The Facts of the Case

The ethical issue in this case is predatory pricing, and the parties involved include both local and international retailers. Predatory pricing takes place in showrooms and online advertising media where retailers lower the prices of their products in order to attract and retain customers. This pricing occurs during advertisements as the retailers with monopolistic powers price their products at lowly as a strategy of driving the competitors out of the market. Predatory pricing creates barriers to entry for potential and new competitors since they cannot survive under extremely low prices without incurring losses. Most countries consider predatory pricing anti-competitive and ...

Executive summary

Generally, many scholars have put forward different literatures on this topic of Democratic peace. The theory dates back the days of Immanuel Kant in his perpetual peace work.. From the earlier works, it is evident that democracies cannot go into war against each other though there may lack an empirical evidence on the future of the theory. The most influencing thing when predicting the future of the Democratic Peace theory is the behaviors of the different proponents of groups. According to Kant, the international peace is based on the interaction between the states and the Republican government as noted ...

Business

Stakeholders
Stakeholders are people or organizations who have an interest in or are affected by any policy or action of an organization. Stakeholders have a number of key characteristics. They may be characterized by their interest or stake in the company. They may also have the potential to contribute to the successful conduct of business for an organization. They can further be characterized by the decision making power they have on the activities of the company (Schmeer, 1999). Stakeholders in the case of PharmaCare are discussed in following paragraphs.
Shareholders. The shareholders in PharmaCare would be interested in profits, ...

The proof of Gods existence is not a cause and effect argument as it does not base its argument from natural world evidence. The ontological argument is stated in this way: God is a supreme being. Among of the features of greatness or perfection is presence. Hence, God exists. The fact that the thought of God has been conceived in humanity means that he must be existent (Descartes et al., 682). This ontological argument theory God’s presence was established by theologian and philosopher, Anselm in the twelfth-century. It is founded on Anselm’s announcement that God is a ...

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Introduction
Capital punishment is the legal remedy afforded by the state that legitimizes the punishment of death penalty for those criminals who have violated a particular law. Such method of punishment is not new. In fact, in the history of mankind, the capital punishment has been observed. Various forms of capital punishment such as stoning, burning, hanging, beheading, crucifying, etc., can be observed in various societies and cultures of the world that goes back as far as history can tell. Today, the imposition of capital punishment has survived. And though there are modern ways of taking someone’ ...

Post University

Sigmund Freud is a famous Austrian founder of psychoanalysis who created a modern approach to psychotherapy based on the deep investigation of human psyche and observation of the individual patient's neuroses, childhood psychological trauma and blocks. Freud was not only a notable psychiatrist who consulted numerous members of the European nobility and business world, but also a person who contributed to the development of the Western European philosophy, psychology and social science (Sharf, 1996, p. 29). It is his position at the intersection of traditional psychotherapy and humanities that made his contribution so influential among his contemporaries and future ...

Hegel's philosophy is the culmination of the German philosophy development, which began from Kant. Hegel created a grandiose philosophical system, which covered the whole totality of theoretical knowledge at that time. This philosopher comprehended the state and the right as products of reasonable human activities, which were embodied in real public institutions. Hegel's political doctrine had a tremendous impact on the development of political and legal thought. In his teaching, Hegel considered the idea of the state and law, assuming the task of the science of law and the state not the development of ideas about proper and reasonable ...

The Romantic Period implies that the period reflects a time of whirlwind and old-fashioned romance. But, it does not. The misconception of the period is common and anyone can make such errors about the true meaning of the Romanticism. The Romantic Era in literature is the period that saw many writers placing fundamental significance on the emotions and on the individual. While the Romantic period lasted for approximately thirty years, it revolutionized the way individuals see literature today. Literary critics points to romanticism as the principal artistic movement in the latter part of the 1700s. The influence of the era ...

PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 allows for roving wiretaps similar to the ECPA, effectively enabling spies to intercept a suspect’s electronic and wire communications associated to suspect conduct under the PATRIOT Act 2000, regardless of their location. This helps track suspects who move from phone booth, handset or computer to computer multiple times in order to foil tacking efforts. Roving wiretapping necessitates interception of email communications (without naming the communications carrier and other third parties involved in the tap). Section 209 allows stored voice mail to be treated as data as defined under section 2703 as against intercepts ...

The death penalty in the United States is absolutely a complicated idea – the notion of sending someone to death for their crimes is considered, by many, to be an outdated notion that was thrown out along with the stockade. At the same time, there is still a great deal of public support for the policy as a means of deterring crime. When contemplating the prison costs and the problems present in the criminal justice system, it becomes a bit more obvious that the death penalty is not a economic or even moral idea. Because of the divided amount of support for the death penalty, ...

Introduction

Animal rights represents a complex and controversial moral issue, becoming more intense, and in the same time, more tensed every day. There are various levels of supporting the animals’ rights, ranging from activist movements against the use of animals for tests in laboratories, against the hunting of animals, against the use of animals for their fur or even against consuming animal meat. The animals’ rights discussion represents a moral issues, since it centers the human relation with the non – human, defining what is considered as good, or as moral, and what is considered as wrong, or as immoral, when dealing with ...

Introduction to Philosophy

Some scientists and philosophers, without some of the theories proposed by John Locke, the later developments by Marx would have been non-existent. According to the liberal view, the state has a minimal role in directing the society and economic affairs. Classical liberalism favors a minimal state that only provides basic societal needs such as enforcing contracts, defense, and protection of property. On the contrary, social liberals recognize even more roles of the state, especially in the economic front. For instance, according to these social liberals, the state regulates capitalism as a measure of consumer and employee protection. It also provides welfare programs ...

Occupy Wall Street Movement

The upset Americans led the Occupy Wall Street movement, which set off in mid September 2011. The main objective of the movement was to fight against greed and corruption that had taken roots in America. Occupy Wall Street protestors claimed that the government had failed to support the 99% of the Americans who were not satisfied with the policies used to govern the country. These protestors accused the government of failing to address the problem of inequalities in income distribution, unemployment issues, excessive compensations for the employees of financial institutions and influence of public corporations on politics. Several parties ...

In considering the resulting pleasure and its consequences as a primary judgment of moral, utilitarianism may be seen as being wrong since it is characterized by the approach for reduction and quantitative. This has a no regard of the moral consequences or the outcome of the pleasures. The utilitarianism which entails the morals has a major problem that is significant. Its lack of appropriate application thus may cause a number of myriad acts which are immoral in themselves. This in many ways cannot be sustained and hence the consistent change is found to be unclear (Hill and Thomas 216).
Kant’s alternative ...

Introduction

Scholars and historians have always speculated the significance of the 19th century and all the events that happened within that period to religion, particularly Christianity. According to a review conducted by a group of researchers from the U.S., the 19th century was indeed a significant period for religion (Rosenberg 1973, 3). Pair the events that occurred within the whole 19th century and the events that occurred from the start until the end of the renaissance period, and that could be a very strong formula that could clarify most, if not all, puzzles and mysteries associated with religion and its development.

The objective of this ...

The institution of health care is a broad field that has grown from humble backgrounds, in the medieval times, to a complex field coupled with technological advancements. The sociology of the health care environment with the modern societal inclinations, and the transcendence of healthy populations is majorly pegged on the ethical interactions and associations between the elements of the two worlds; healthcare and the society. Healthcare reception by the society relies on the healthy relations between the two elements. Therefore, positive interaction relations in the society are responsible for the realization of a healthy healthcare system in any society.
This case ...

Knowledge transfer strategies in companies and organizations

Knowledge transfer refers to the cognizable hand-over of knowledge and understanding of a business. This will normally be in terms of products of companies, organizational structure, working space, and general knowledge of one’s stance and functionality at the company. Many prolific companies and organizations have put in place mechanisms of improving their transactions by adopting a more focused bias towards enabling their human resource. Multi-national companies like, Coca-Cola, Nokia, The Hiltons, G4S, and P&G have always embraced knowledge transfer to their employees and the public. They have put in place, mechanisms that support easy and simplified learning and knowledge creation. ...