Immanuel Kant 's Philosophy On Philosophy

Romanticism was a philosophical, artistic and literary movement that originated in the 18th century. This was characterized chiefly by a reaction against neoclassicism and the period of Enlightenment, which was more scientific and rational in nature. However, romanticism stressed an emphasis on the imagination and emotions. For example, the Enlightenment thinkers condemned the Middle Ages as “Dark Ages”, a period of ignorance and irrationality. The romantics, conversely, idealized

Lying the one form of communication that is the untruth expressed to be the truth. Immanuel Kant states that lying is morally wrong in all possible ways. His hatred for lying has made him “just assumed that anyone who lied would be operating with a maxim like this: tell a lie so as to gain some benefit.”(Landau,pp.171) This is true for a vast number of people, they will lie in order to gain a certain benefit from the lie rather than the truth.It is similar to if you play a game of truth or dare, some rather pick a dare because it would release them from having to tell the truth. However, those who do pick truth still have a chance to lie to cover up the absolute truth.People lie in order to cover who they truly are. Even if you lie to benefit someone or something else, it would not matter to Kant because he does not care for the consequences. If you lie but have a good intention it is not the same for Kant, he would argue that you still lied no matter the consequence that a lie is a lie. “ While lying, we accuse others for not being transparent. While being hypocrites ourselves, we expect others to be sincere.” (Dehghani,Ethics) We know how it feels to be lied to by a person, so in order to not have the feeling returned, we hope the person will be truthful. We rather be surrounded by truthful people constantly despite all the lies that some people tell. No

In his publication, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant supplies his readers with a thesis that claims morality can be derived from the principle of the categorical imperative. The strongest argument to support his thesis is the difference between actions in accordance with duty and actions in accordance from duty. To setup his thesis, Kant first draws a distinction between empirical and “a priori” concepts. Empirical concepts are ideas we reach from our experiences in the world. On the other hand and in contrast, “a priori” concepts are ideas we reach as an end point of reasoning prior to or apart from any experience of how things occur in the world. Kant

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of pure reason aims to question and evaluate what is ultimately real, and to discover the restrictions and scope of pure reason. The main doctrine within the critique being the idea of transcendental idealism, concerning epistemology. Kant’s doctrine aims to show that humans can only construct knowledge from their senses. This opposed the previous views of Rene Descartes idealism and George Berkley’s complete denial of the existence of matter. Universal concepts which Kant regards as categories then filter the sense impressions we receive. Kant’s idea of the noumenal plays a key role when understanding the notions within the Critique and is ultimately a very helpful way of helping us understand why we think the way

Romanticism valued subjective self-awareness, intuition, emotion and renewed spirituality with nature. It opposed authority and limitations of tradition. These views had a profound impact on the societies of Germany, England and the United States. Originating in Germany, the Romantic Movement was introduced through the nation’s renewed sense of nationalism. German philosophers stressed the power of individual

Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative, explored in his “Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals” (1785), suggests that if we (i.e., all human creatures) are considered as beings with the capacity to reason, by this standard we must also all share the capacity for moral autonomy and thus, in this sense, human rights should be considered as universal. His deontological position suggests that humans, as members of a shared global community, have a responsibility to behave according to certain standards. This idea of autonomy lies at the core of his argument because he suggests that an action done un-willingly is one which lacks any moral worth. Contradictory to any consequentialist position, an important stance in any human rights debate, Kant

When it comes to guiding our moral actions, I believe that care ethics is the better moral philosophy to follow over Kantian deontology. While both moral philosophies strongly believe in defending the dignity of our fellow man, care ethics believes that nurturance and caring is the best way to defend a person’s dignity, as opposed to Kant who believe that our actions alone determine our dignity and worth. There are a number of reasons why one should choose care ethics over Kantian deontology. The first reason is that, in his moral philosophy, Kant chooses reason over feeling. The second reason is that Kant lacks compassion for the unique situations of others by suggesting that the principle of good is universifiable. The third reason is that Kant ignores how the consequences of our actions affect others. Finally, the fourth reason is that Kant implies that while we should all seek to perfect our moral selves, we are not responsible for the moral growth and perfection of others. Instead, we are merely obligated to help others and promote their happiness.

Applying Kant’s Categorical Imperative, acting “on the maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will it should become universal law,” to Larry and Rhonda’s scenario, the right thing to do is for Rhonda to take responsibility for her actions. To illustrate, if Rhonda were to ask Larry to take the blame so that she may avoid trouble for herself, the maxim in this case, she should imagine a world where everyone asks a friend to cover for them when faced with unfortunate circumstances. The idea of a world like this is ridiculous. By the “universal law” of Rhonda’s maxim Larry should also ask someone to take the blame for him, in order to avoid certain failures. The only other person in this situation is Rhonda and we have reached a

Madame de Stael said that Romanticism make people start to express their religions and start to follow them again, she also said that people start to pick up ancient knowledge that they have forgotten during the Enlightenment and begin to go back to nature again. One example of religion been reform is John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral, it combines both nature and religion together, given the feeling of natural, of the beauty of the cathedral and nature. The artist use the combination to show the idea of people, the thought of people during Romanticism, the beauty of the religion and nature combined together. Also, another author during the Romanticism that have the new idea is Chateaubriand, he said that people ought to go back to nature, to their ancestor, no matter what kind of era they have been through, at the end, they will do what they ancestor did before, it is the natural way of people’s living and religion is what people have forgotten so now it have been reformed again. From his writing, it’s obvious that religion is part of the life, it is an important part of human. He said that to become a perfect person, that person needs to learn how to appreciate everything, including religion. People during the era start to emerge thoughts like this, equality, tolerance and getting belief back to them. They become more liberal,

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), was born in a Lutheran family in Konigsberg, Germany. He went to the University of Konigsberg, where he studied under Martin Knutzen and read the works of Leibniz and Leibniz scholar Christian Wolff.

Deeply troubled by David Hume’s skepticism, Immanuel Kant sought to counter his ideas. Kant believed that through reason, one could come to understand much of the world including ideas that cannot be empirically proven, such as God, self, and the cosmos(Soccio 318 ). Through his reasoning, Kant considered and formulated what is ethical. Kant believed that each rational being possessed two duties: the categorical imperative and the rational imperative.

Immanuel Kant was an exceptional philosopher who often fantasized about the wonders of the human perception. Through the power of imagination in the human mind Kant was able to postulate possible answers to the great questions of existence. He was daring and bold to wonder what constitutes the beauty of the human soul, how the existence of an all-powerful entity would be possible, and also what do human beings really do to perceive their surroundings. With such notable works as Critiques of Practical Reason, Metaphysics of Morals, and Critique of Judgement, Kant attempted to answer these great questions. Kant asked powerful questions, questions that would have and still do have a lot of controversy surrounding them today. Kant often debated the differences between rationalist and empirical approaches to philosophical issues. Not only were his methods ingenious, but additionally somewhat unorthodox. With this in mind, what did Kant exactly aim to why he abandoned traditional philosophical approaches in his works such as Critiques of Practical Reason and Metaphysics of Morals? Also what prompted him to answer such philosophical conundrums regarding the perception and experience of the self? And finally what exactly was his stance on perceivable reality and the complexity of our world?

“A transcendental principle is one by which we think the universal a priori condition which alone things can become objects of our cognition in general[.]”

Romanticism is quite the opposite of Puritanism and was a movement of liberal thinking. Its characteristics reflected upon nature, beauty and the imagination of all things beautiful. As it began in 1770 many people were captivated by its more appealing attributes whereas religious Puritans rejected it as heresy. The much more romantic thought process hence the name of the period, inflicted a sense of grace and attractiveness to the world. The people who were impacted by the movement also believed in a more gracious and loving God, and one whom they could experience a personal relationship with. Furthermore the absolute distinct characteristics of Romanticism are far from parallel to Puritanism.

Let us put the following question – what is interesting in Kant’s philosophy? Of course, it is a subjective question, and everyone may answer this question in his/her own way. Kant’s moral philosophy, notion of morality, motive of duty, concept of imperatives are of great interest for me. That is why my essay will cover the notion and essence of categorical imperative and morality from Kant’s point of view. I would like to note that I support Kant’s imperatives and motive of duty.