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Outline very briefly who Kant was, he was a german philosopher who argued that morality was a matter of absolute rules, rules that admit no exceptions and appeal not to religious considerations but reason al...

A good Philosophy essay requires structure and argument. When writing philosophy essays I follow a structure of: Point; Argument; Example; Counter Argument; Response to Counter Argument. I would aim to make ...

Good question. Yes, in some ways it is. In fact, it is one of the main arguments put forward in objection to the type of ethics that Kant proposes. As Kant's suggestions about what we should do seem hyper-ra...

To begin with we need to break down the Categorical Imperative. Firstly, into what a Categorical Imperative is, an absolute and unconditional requirement based on reason. Then, into the three main sections w...

Aristotle saw eudaemonia/human flourishing as the supreme goal of human life. In order to achieve eudaemonia, one must be virtuous in all aspects of their life, making Aristotle's virtue ethics a wholistic a...