The notion of free will attributes to persons the capacity to choose autonomously among possible alternative actions. ... Kant is supposed to have asserted that we are morally responsible for all of our actions because we have free will, and that we have free will because we exist in a noumenal world in which we are uninfluenced by the temptations of desire and inclination.... It is the summary of what he says: We must always act under the practical postulate that our will is free. ... Morality is the natural condition of a free will. ... He says that "Thus a free will and a will subject ...

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Some may argue that if the clothes were for free, people would be more happy and satisfied. ... If the clothes were for free the company would go bankrupt in only a few months, maybe even weeks. ... In summary business' ultimate purpose is a hypothetical imperative, therefore it is not a moral according to Kant's ethics. ... But since we have the gift of free will, in order to actualize our potentialities, we have to live intelligently. ...

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Summary of Cicero's, On Duties This excerpt from the book, On the Good Life, is a letter from Cicero to his son. ... I believe that Cicero wrote this book for intelligent individuals who wanted to attain power in life through morally positive avenues; it was written almost as an academic piece. ... "Citizens shall be allowed the free and unassailed enjoyment of his own property" (164). ...

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Gulliver's Travels In the story Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift uses a unique way of comparing different civilizations. The main character of Gulliver's Travels is Lemuel Gulliver, who is also the narrator. Gulliver travels to many different civilizations through out the book. In each of hi...

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