A possible objection that may arise against this viewpoint would be that values, morals and ethics are in fact a part of one's memories. One might argue that these values, morals and ethics are merely information that is stored in one's brain (i.e. a particular type of memory). ... Let's say that there are two computers, one computer, A, that is defined as good and one computer, B, that is defined as bad. If we switched all of the data stored in computer B to computer A, then computer A would perhaps have all of the documents of computer B, but it would still have it's s...

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In order to accurately understand how Kant bridged the gap between the rationalist method of understanding and knowledge and the empiricists, you must first separate and define the two. The rationalist point of view stemmed from Plato, and was acclaimed by many other great philosophers such as De...

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On the Conflict Between Determinism and Moral Responsibility The thesis of determinism seems to have dealt a crushing blow to the idea of free will and therefor to our notions of moral responsibility. If it can be shown that our actions are physically determined and therefor predictable (assum...

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