Kant and the Categorical Imperative.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:20:20
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 6 pages (1651 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 6 pages (1651 words)
The possibility of the existence of right and wrong has been a subject of discussion among philosophers for centuries and many theories have been presented to answer the question of whether morals exist. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), the great German philosopher is one who has contributed profoundly to the world of philosophy and especially in regards to his thought on the subject of morality. Kant disagreed with Hume that morality is objective and not subjective. Kant …
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…has done by creating a universal law or 'rule of thumb' for morality.
References:
Kant, I. 1989 "Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative." ed. Serafini, A.
Ethics and Social Concern, the categorical imperative. New York: Paragon House
Publishers
Kant, I. 1964 Groundwork and the Metaphysics of Morals, ed. Herbert J. Paton, New
York: HarperCollins.
Miller, Ed. L. 1984 Questions that Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy, 3rd ed.
Colorado: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
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