He also spends a good amount of time discussing the key criticisms that Hegel has of Kant and Walshs views of these critiques. ... In fact, Hegels ethical thoughts were continuously caught up in the views of Kant. ... The fact that an act proceeds from conscience is not a sufficient condition of its being right. ... In a way he over compensated from Kants system. ... Hegel does a better job of requiring that moral people must follow laws and fulfill contract agreements, yet still does nothing in the way of bridging the morality gap. ...

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It is a consciousness-raising enterprise, alerting us from grossest injustice to subtlest nuance.."... However there exists a bridge that connects the two tradtions and represents the mid-point within the ethical continuim. ... A situational ethicist, viewing the world through sensibility would argue that the general principles for viewing ethical points of view are grounded in human experience and the only absolute truth is change itself. ... Ayres criteria , from the absolute which can be derived from the emperical laws, to make moral decissions. ... The rights of the fetus, from absolute tr...

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Both reflect the autonomy of the modern subject, who distances himself from both 'higher' imposed metaphysical values and from those of nature. ... The attention for the metaphysical dimension of human life is from now on based on a longing for knowing the truth of an invisible Creator. ... Cusanus follows not only Ockham's views on epistemology and creation, but emphasises also the strength of the human intellect and the autonomy of human intellect and will. ... The philosophical mainstream in modern times clears the way for a human subject, who liberates itself from any na...

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