Immanuel Kant
Essays

The question of what makes something "good" or "bad," and even the question of whether these two concepts exist anywhere but in our own heads, has been a subject of philosophical debate since man first began to ponder…

This report has the difficult task of trying to prove the existence of God. But there is a silver lining in this challenge -- we have ancient philosophy to help. By using the beliefs, works and philosophies of Saint…

Markel's "Toward a Sense Ethics Technical Communication" McBride's "An Ethical Imperative

Rousseau's Doctrine of Natural Rights vs. Liberal Political, Social, and Economic Theory

Thomas Aquinas and Immanuel Kant were born nearly half a millennium apart and, on the surface, both their styles of argumentation and their general approaches to philosophy appear equally distanced from each other.

Having long been viewed as peripheral to the study of Romanticism, Frankenstein has been moved to the center. Critics originally tried to assimilate Mary Shelley's novel to patterns already familiar from Romantic poetry. But more recent studies of Frankenstein have led critics to rethink Romanticism in light of Mary Shelley's contribution. Gradually emerging from the shadow of her husband, she is increasingly being recognized as a distinct voice within Romanticism, a distinctly feminine voice within what seems to be a male-dominated movement. The trend of recent studies of Frankenstein has been to view it as a critique of Romanticism, particularly as developed in Percy Shelley's poetry. Critics have argued that Frankenstein is a protest against Romantic titanism, against the masculine aggressiveness that lies concealed beneath the dreams of Romantic idealism.

¶ … Philosophy [...] philosophy of organized religion and its appeal to people. Organized religion and philosophy seem to be at opposite ends of the spectrum, but in reality, many philosophers were also men of faith.

In his attempt to argue the importance of culture in human relations, Geert Hofstede (2005) resorts to the following introductory paragraph for the first chapter of his book Culture and Organizations.

There are a number of ethical considerations one must account for when examining various aspects of utilizing third world countries as resources for pollutant heavy industries and processes. One must weight the benefits related to costs and monetary concerns against those pertaining to the health of the local residents. This document examines many such concerns.

The purpose of the present paper is to compare the views that Kant and Hume had on the concept of causation. We will begin by discussing Hume's argument that our idea of causation is just the idea of constant conjunction.