The relation between Kant’s philosophy and the “philosophy of balance” as it is described in report Come on! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population Destruction Planet, delivered to Club Rome 2018, requires some analysis. authors consider Kant be a philosopher European Enlightenment which laid foundations modern world, but also proved source global problems. characterises lop-sided rationalism di...

In the fall 2009 issue of Teaching Ethics C.E. Harris wrote an article with a question as the title, “Is Moral Theory Useful in Practical Ethics?” which he answered in the affirmative.1 In Harris’ article he considers two moral theories. “For utilitarianism the purpose of morality is to promote human well-being, and moral principles and judgments should be evaluated in terms of their effectiven...

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the ethics of sex robots, fuelled by technology industry's ability to build better and robots that can be used as toys (such realdoll.com). Although pros cons been discussed for several philosophy technology, only few contributions focussed on child robots. None these prior essays examined Kantian approach question whether one should allow people use...

This paper studies how Ishida Sui’s Tokyo Ghoul creates its typical sense of “tragedy,” by stressing the injustice inherent in every act eating, and generalizing model nutrition to ethically laden act. undermines Kantian principle that “ought implies can,” depicting a twisted world which forces us into wrongdoing: we have eat, but there is no Other can eat with moral impunity. Still, his charac...

This paper investigates some metaphysical and epistemological assumptions behind Bogen and Woodward’s data-to-phenomena inferences. I raise a series of points and suggest an alternative possible Kantian stance about data-to-phenomena inferences. I clarify the nature of the suggested Kantian stance by contrasting it with McAllister’s view about phenomena as patterns in data sets.

Jacques Lacan’s ethical insights come up when he engages, inter alia, with Aristotelian and Kantian ethics. Tackling Aristotle’s ethics, Lacan complicates how human life would be best lived fulfilled, discussing Kant’s sheds a different light on moral duty. In both cases, emphasizes the role of desire law in subject’s actions. Many Lacanian constitute fertile context for political philosophy ed...

The author highlights the importance of emotions in all ethical reflections. He describes the most common positions of ethicists employing duties and rights as the basis for ethical thought. The author, goes to Freudian theory as viewed by the utilitarians, stating that the 'quest for pleasure' is not necessarily egocentric, especially for adults. For example, the feeling of solidarity emerges ...