Browsing by Subject "Kant"
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(2017-07-31)TThis dissertation investigates how aesthetic play supports moral life, with the Shakespeare Behind Bars (SBB) prison theater program as its centerpiece. This project responds to the ascendancy of instrumental rationality ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Among the various theses in the philosophy of mathematics, intuitionism is the thesis that numbers are constructs of the human mind. In this thesis, a historical account of intuitionism will be exposited- - from its ...
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(2010-07-14)The objective of my thesis was to examine Kant's concept of freedom and the role that it plays in his Critical philosophy. Each section deals with an interpretive or theoretical problem concerning freedom in the context ...
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(2010-01-16)In this thesis it is argued that Kant's Copernican turn depends on his doctrine of the imagination, and that by understanding the role of imagination as symbolic rather than schematic, the resources are provided to show ...
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(2010-10-12)Kant’s idea of the person and its place within his so-called “Formula of Humanity” has taken on an important role in contemporary discussions of normative ethics. Yet, despite its popularity, confusion remains as to what ...
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(2010-07-14)In this work I investigate the role of emotion in the moral philosophies of Immanuel Kant and T.H. Green. Noting Kant's reputation as a rationalist holding a predominately negative view toward emotions, I studied the works ...
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(2018-05-03)Scholars are divided in their interpretation of Hannah Arendt’s writings on political judgment. Arendt appeared to change her mind on crucial aspects of political judgment, despite appealing to the same source – Kant’s ...
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(2015-05-05)This project seeks to demonstrate human value beyond the modern will in the form of an Ur-will, a residue of the will that cannot be attributed to the historic age. By utilizing the seemingly diverse ideas of Heidegger’s ...
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(2021-04-20)The purpose of this thesis is to argue for the adoption of Mission Command because it stands to promote the kind of functioning proper to the aims and conditions of the increasingly tech-enabled military. It does this ...
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(2013-02-04)The practice of medicine is rife with ethically challenging situations. Two areas of medicine particularly lend themselves to this type of challenge: (a) pediatrics, which abounds with concerns regarding autonomy and (b) ...
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(2012-02-14)Within the context of contemporary politics, Christian, Muslim and Liberal traditions have been, in many instances, at odds with each other regarding how humankind‘s social political future should be ordered. Such a ...
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(2012-07-16)American jurisprudence currently applies two incompatible validity standards to determine which laws are enforceable. The natural law tradition evaluates validity by an uncertain standard of divine law, and its methodology ...
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(2009-05-15)This project offers an articulation of rationality in terms of normativity—that what it means to be acting rationally, in thought or in deed, can be understood via a notion of being bound or obliged to certain behaviors ...
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(2020-04-07)In Kant's critical system, war plays a dual role as a catalyst for cultural development and as a moral evil to be overcome. In this thesis, I explore the geopolitical language of domain and territory used in Kant's third ...