Category: Immanuel Kant

The normative rules and principles determine the things needed or permitted, whether good or bad. The normative rules and principles determine what agents are expected to do, what they can do, or what deserves to receive promotion, approval, and praise (Kahn 78). Principles and normative rules play an important function in determining what deserves criticism…

Experience is the utmost source of knowledge. People go through new experiences all the time, which gives rise to new knowledge. This means that future lives will always have new knowledge. Experience is also the source of understanding. Empirical knowledge is gained by experience and not innate ideas or deductive reasoning. It makes it difficult…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Eight Principles The Analysis of Fuller’s Principles Kant’s View of Justice in Lawmaking Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The rule of law is a subject of practical philosophy that has always been of high interest to philosophers willing to arrive at principles of pragmatic governance by either separating empirical applications of…

Is it wrong to punish a criminal primarily as a means to reform the criminal? Developing main principles of the doctrine of right, Kant states that punishment is just retribution for a committed crime, and any state has a right and obligation to cause suffering to a criminal. Speaking about the nature of punishment, Kant…

Humans should have the courage to use their own Reason Evaluating the above notion have many dimensions to understand, but in the light of political philosophy it suggests that every man perceives a particular opinion about attaining or retaining freedom. Since no person on earth likes to get involved into violence or conflict, he seeks…

Table of Contents Basic Knowledge Metaphor and Argument Relevance Work Cited Basic Knowledge The Critique of Practical Reason is Kant’s second commentary, one of his three main expositions on morality, and a highly influential work in the history of ethical theory. The Critique, which was first released three years after Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics…

Table of Contents Introduction Eight Ways to Fail to Make Law Emanuel Kant’s Views on Laws Fuller and Kant: Similarities and Differences Conclusions and Personal Opinion Works Cited Introduction The law is considered one of the most important building blocks of our society. Modern law covers almost every aspect of life, ranging from the most…

Table of Contents Kant’s Moral and Political Philosophy Kant’s Metaphysics of Freedom – Freedom vs. Nature Kant’s Deontological theory Morality is not what condemns human rights – Kant’s Virtue Theory Nuclear deterrence vs. Morality Engaging in War vs. Practicing Justice Work Cited Kant’s Moral and Political Philosophy Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy revolves around our everyday…

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant’s first mature work dealing with moral philosophy aims at exposing foundational principles that are to govern human behavior. One of the concepts indispensable from Kant’s metaphysics of morals is that of moral imperative. This essay will discuss the difference between categorical and hypothetical imperatives and provide two…

Cesare Beccaria was a Milan citizen who witnessed how the government system imposed its justice on offenders. During his time, he found the laws of the country to be horrific. In most cases, alleged offenders were killed by asphyxiation and put in a state where the bodies would be burnt. During this period, throughout Europe,…