And until society agrees on laws and the people that make them, they will continue to be in war with one another. ... Hobbes closes out the chapter by saying that this war-like society is called the laws of nature. ... This sovereign is the head of the Leviathan, and will create laws, act as judge, and defend the peace. ... Through the laws of nature, humans have an innate necessity to seek peace in order to survive. ... So to achieve a morally "good' society, morality's limits or laws have to take precedent over the happiness of an individual. ...

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Kant went on to say that conformity of actions to universal law as such should alone serve the will as its principle. Kants conclusion of morality is I ought never act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law. ... Morality is different. ... Morality must be the same way that laws are in society. ... 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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Prescriptivity refers to the action guiding the nature of morality. ... Moral absolutism is the theory that there is no one true morality with a consistent set of moral principles that never conflict. ... First it would make the goodness of God redundant and second it makes morality arbitrary. In dealing with The Natural Law theory the most influential Natural Law theorist was Saint Thomas Aquinas. He argued that both natural and divine law is expressions of the one basic law established by God. ...

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Prescriptivity refers to the action guiding the nature of morality. ... Moral absolutism is the theory that there is no one true morality with a consistent set of moral principles that never conflict. ... First it would make the goodness of God redundant and second it makes morality arbitrary. In dealing with The Natural Law theory the most influential Natural Law theorist was Saint Thomas Aquinas. He argued that both natural and divine law is expressions of the one basic law established by God. ...

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Strenghts and Weaknesses of Immanuel Kant's Concept of Nature A philosophical reflection on a disturbed relation with nature in the light of the ecological crisis Summary This study seeks to identify the frameworks of philosophical-theological co-operation between intuitions, ideas, beliefs...

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• Grade Level: High School

The proposals of Plato selected to be discussed will adhere to a general definition that religion is "a strong belief in a supernatural power that control human destiny".1 This will enable an appropriate scope into the discussion, and allow us to explore ideas beyond defining religion as simply codified practises of prayer, ritual and religious law, as these were not substantial within Plato's work. ... "Outlining his initial version of the cosmological argument, Plato points out in Laws that things in the universe move or change.... The Euthyphro dialogue fundamentally que...

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As Plato once said "philosophy begins in wonder". Plato was part of a triad of great thinkers who had in common a student - teacher relationship built on questioning and discussion rather than memorization and recollection of facts. Although they agreed and disagreed on many topics, it was their s...

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