Essays on Immanuel Kant

THE ARTIST BARNETT NEWMAN COMMENTED:’AESTHETICS IS FOR ART WHAT ORNITHOLOGY IS FOR THE BIRDS.’ BASED ON IMMANUEL KANT’S PHILOSOPHY HOW WOULD HE RESPOND TO NEWMAN’S CLAIM? Aesthetics and the actual practice of art have been compared with the philosophy of science, modern physics and mathematics for several years. However, academic aesthetics...

The Suggestion of Virtue-based Criteria The suggestion provided by the criterion based on virtues is that the outcome of the activities we take part in is well provided that reason remains the basis through which moral decisions are made. Such criteria are in support of the idea that people live virtuously....

Categorical Imperative Categorical imperative refers to ethics which a person is required to accomplish in life. Immanuel Kant first discussed the concept of imperative and morals in the book The Metaphysics of Morals in 1797. Personal Example 1 A personal example of the categorical imperative is a situation where I used dubious means...

Kant's Second Formulation of the Categorical Imperative Kant’s second formulation of the categorical imperative outlines the principles of how moral actions, goals, judgment, and patients affect a person. The principles stated give an adequate way of judging one's actions, the societal norms and also the government laws. That one should not...

In the year 1724-1804, Immanuel Kant argued that moral idea is based on the logic (Kant, 2). He stated that a moral is an example of categorical imperative (CI) as it respects the condition required in the CI. On the other hand, immorality is termed as irrational as it violates...

What is Enlightenment, according to his essay? After examining the causes of the lack of enlightenment, Kant examines the conditions that must be met in order for enlightenment to occur. Kant goes on to address the public and private uses of reason and makes an argument for how each can...

Man's Declaration of Enlightenment Man's declaration of his self-acquired youth is called enlightenment. Youth is the inability of man to use his understanding without assistance from another. When inspiration for this young person comes from a lack of courage and tenacity rather than from a lack of reason, they are acting...

Attempting to reconcile the Greatest Happiness Principle and Kant's Second Formulation is a great ethical and intellectual exercise that yields some very intriguing results. The Greatest Happiness Principle is the foundation of utilitarianism, and it states that activities are only moral if they provide the greatest amount of benefit to...

"One should always respect humanity, whether in oneself or in another, always as an end and never only as a means," says Kant in one of his formulations of the Categorical Imperative. It is frequently referred to as the "Formula of Humanity" (or sometimes the ""Formula of the End-In-Itself""). According...

How Hume s recommendations disrupt Kant s dogmatic slumber Kant s philosophical progress was based on the German tradition of rationalist metaphysics, and this was the dogmatic slumber. Hume broke the dogmatic slumber by demonstrating the relevance of knowledge claims as well as the difficulties in explaining them. Hume contends that...

For many years, early philosophers were regarded as extraordinarily intellectual individuals, and their ideas were held in great regard. However, new philosophers, particularly those from the 1970s, such as Marx and Nietzsche, have challenged the notion over time. Among those who have declined is Kant, whose philosophy introduced a new...

The Categorical Imperative The categorical imperative has two well-known formulations thanks to Kant. The two formulations are action-oriented and are based on established principles. The first formulation differs from the second in that it is founded on the universality principle and the rule of nature. According to Kant, a valid moral...