1. Gulliver
This stance is not only compatible with a theological viewpoint, in which God's purpose for mankind cannot be deduced from His creation, but also with a philosophical viewpoint according to which man himself is the ultimate source of knowledge and moral values. ... In this sense, secondly, Kant's critical philosophy is not only an apotheosis of the preceding Western ways of thinking and believing, but forms also (at least one of) the foundations of those intuitions, ideas, beliefs and convictions, which are dominantly present in our time. ...
For it deals not in the least, as to unapproachability, with things exalted or refined; it only confers on its sufficiently vulgar elements of exhibition a final unsurpassable form " (Norton Critical Edition, 414). ... The novel neither praises nor condemns the actions of the selfish, flighty, confused protagonist, but instead presents them with an ambiguous stance. ...
They want to keep their hands clean and maintain their moral stance and reputation. ... The emotional brain can be useful to us in making critical decisions, it is capable of processing a wide amount of information on different parallels, and thus can present varying solutions and alternatives to the problem at hand. ...
