the paper discusses study of kant's deontological ethics in organization and comparison of it with pillars of worldly ethic in organization and whether kant's ethics is compatible with them. kant's ethics is one of the most deontological theories in which intention and motive of action are basic roles. kant merely regarded the motive of action of moral rules, respect to them. kan...

terence irwin’s monumental three-volume The Development of Ethics is a masterful reconstruction and assessment of figures, traditions, and ideas in the history of ethics in the Western tradition from Socrates through John rawls. 1, 2 The three volumes weigh in at over 11 pounds and span 96 substantial chapters and over 2,700 densely formatted pages (large pages, small margins, and small font). ...

BACKGROUND Patients who present to medical practices without health insurance or with serious co-morbidities can become fiscal disasters to those who care for them. Their consumption of scarce resources has caused consternation among providers and institutions, especially as it concerns the amount and type of care they should receive. In fact, some providers may try to avoid caring for them alt...

Solidarity has for a long time been referred to as the core value underpinning European health and welfare systems. But there has been debate in recent years about whether solidarity, with its alleged communitarian content, can be reconciled with the emphasis on individual freedom and personal autonomy. One may wonder whether there is still a place for solidarity, and whether the concept of jus...

“IF MY THESIS IS CORRECT, KANT WAS RIGHT”: REVISITING KANT’S ROLE WITHIN MACINTYRE’S CRITIQUE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT Although Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue is famous for its critique of the Enlightenment project in moral theory, and although Immanuel Kant is usually considered the greatest protagonist of that project, Kant’s role within the argument of After Virtue is far less clear t...

In the last fifty years or so, since Yogācāra texts have been available to western academics, there has been a debate as to how Yogācāra Buddhism should be interpreted. This article seeks to establish that Yogācāra Buddhism is most properly interpreted as an idealist school of Buddhist thought. Specifically, it challenges the arguments that have been put forth in recent years that suggest a phe...

This essay starts in medias res, in the puzzling reappearance of the classical metaphor of Bildung as the transformation of man’s “first” animal nature into the “second” cultivated one. I call it the two-natures metaphor. I think it misrepresents children by prescribing form rather than asking what actually takes form in the child’s mind—in his/her relationship with adults. It made me wonder wh...

This article analyses Eric Rohmer’s film theory in the light of Platonic triad truth, beauty and goodness, as embodied by aesthetic philosophy Kant, Hegel Schiller. Although his shows affinity with Kant’s ideal art a form natural beauty, I will argue that broader look at philosophical foundations is necessary. The point where deviates from triadic exactly he approaches aesthetics Turning toward...

G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831) has commonly been seen as Europe’s leading philosopher since Kant. His influence extended across the globe down to Second World War – not least through his dissident disciple, Karl Marx. Since then, despite intermittent revivals, importance tended be eclipsed by a rising tide of anti-modernist polemic, extending from Heidegger postmodernism. Central Hegel’s political ...