In the following paragraphs I will discuss the many aspects, the origin of logic, ethics and philosophy along with their meanings. ... It is divided into ethics, social and political philosophy and aesthetics. ... Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. ... The next origin of philosophy that I will cover is ethics. Our treatment of ethics is divided into the following section; the nature of ethics, moral principles, relativism, ethical subjectivism, morality and religion, consequentialist ethical theories, nonconsequentialism, and value based ethics. ...

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In the following paragraphs I will discuss the many aspects, the origin of logic, ethics and philosophy along with their meanings. ... It is divided into ethics, social and political philosophy and aesthetics. ... Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. ... The next origin of philosophy that I will cover is ethics. Our treatment of ethics is divided into the following section; the nature of ethics, moral principles, relativism, ethical subjectivism, morality and religion, consequentialist ethical theories, nonconsequentialism, and value based ethics. ...

• Word Count: 2506
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Criticisms of the ethics of duty include moral minimalism which argues that emphasis is not placed on morality. ... Kant's moral philosophy on respect and using people states "to respect people is to treat them as ends in themselves", "the opposite of respecting people is treating them as mere means to an end" (Hinman, 1994, chap.6). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He came from a deeply pious Lutheran family, and his own religious convictions formed a significant background to his philosophy. ... The Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most important works in the whole of philosophy. ... He was especially interested in ethics. ... Kant's ethics is therefore sometimes called duty ethics. ...

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This question of whether Kant believes there is free will, is wholly inconsequential to a more complete understanding of the Kantian ethic or moral philosophy in general. ... The essay also assumes that Kantian philosophy is normative and not descriptive in order to lend clarity to the thesis. ... Here, a contradiction in the essay may seem apparent to the lay reader but to those versed in Kant's moral philosophy, it is readily dismissed. ... While Kant never had to deal with this particular and somewhat overused example, James Rachels in his Elements of Moral Philosophy attempts to...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mills believes that it does not matter what the motive of the action is, whether being duty or not, considering there is no system of ethics requiring that the sole motive of all we do shall be a feeling of duty. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate