HELP with immanuel kant quote?
...are you in wood's honors philosophy class? but anyway, here's my analysis of it (i'm not sure it's right, though...?): Kant aims to make both intuition and thoughts more tangible. When he states that “thoughts without content are empty,” he means that thoughts need to be attached to an idea in order to be more sensible. A thought without an idea to be based upon would be nonsensical otherwise. Every thought must be joined with some sort of perception in order to be considered a valid and justifiable thought. When he states that “intuitions without concepts are blind,” he means that every intuition needs to have a concept behind it in order for it to be intelligible. Together, what he means by this quote is that thoughts and intuition are both synthesized by understanding. Without comprehension, neither would exist.
What does this quote by Kantian mean?
Kantian Ethics mang.. Immanuel Kant was his name :) lawl. Basically this dude thought that the world should be run on certain categorical imperatives .. instead of focusing on utilitarianism. His theory is based on the idea that as long as you follow these imperatives and act in a moral way then the consequences of your actions don't matter. What's stupid about it is say for example a person knocked on your door and said please house me I'm getting chased by a murderer according to Kantian Ethics and his categorical imperatives you should help this person. What if then the murderer knocked on your door and asked you if you're housing this person? According to his categorical imperative that you base your Maxims on you are obliged not to tell a lie so you tell him where he is and he dies. It's unrealistic and stupid in my opinion, because everything is relative to the situation -- You cannot structure the way you live your life around categorical imperatives that are ironically formed by the use of Consequentialism. Now that we've gotten the background out of the way here's the answer to your question that you could have found on wikipedia lol: "Good will, duty, and the categorical imperative Since considerations of the physical details of actions are necessarily bound up with a person's subjective preferences, and could have been brought about without the action of a rational will, Kant concluded that the expected consequences of an act are themselves morally neutral, and therefore irrelevant to moral deliberation. The only objective basis for moral value would be the rationality of the good will, expressed in recognition of moral duty. Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the moral law set by the categorical imperative. Because the consequences of an act are not the source of its moral worth, the source must be the maxim under which the act is performed, irrespective of all aspects or faculties of desire. Thus, an act can have moral content if, and only if, it is carried out solely with regard to a sense of moral duty; it is not enough that the act be consistent with duty, it must be carried out in the name of fulfilling a duty.." Hope this helps!
What did Immanuel Kant mean by his quote?
To conceive and accept a Theory as Fact with no Evidence to support it, is considered, “Blind Faith”
R&S: Do you agree with this quote by Immanuel Kant?
“Natural sexual union takes place either in accordance with mere animal nature or in accordance with law. Sexual union in accordance with law is marriage (matrimonium), that is, the union of two persons of different sexes for lifelong possession of each other’s sexual attributes. The end of begetting and bringing up children may be an end of nature, for which it implanted the inclination of sexes for each other; but it is not a requisite for human beings who marry to make this their end in order for their union to be compatible with rights, for otherwise marriage would be dissolved when procreation ceases.” This is taken from Immanuel Kant’s ‘Metaphysics of Morals’.
Where does the Kant quote 'The hand is the window to the mind' come from?
Can anyone tell me where this quote by Immanuel Kant comes from? 'The hand is the window to the mind'. I have found it repeated on the internet in many places but cannot find which text it is originally from. It might not appear word for word like that it in the text, but I understand it to mean that using our hands and experiencing things comes first.. and through using our hands and experiencing things first hand we are able to learn, and can understand them and the world around us better. If anyone knows in which text Kant talks about this I would be so grateful to hear.. Thanks!
What does this Immanuel Kant quote mean?
Don't use people to achieve your goals.
What is your opinion about this quote of Immanuel Kant: in law, a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics, he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so?
I think s/he is guilty ethically if choice is involved. Some people have mental conditions that cause them to think of harming others without volition. That is why some places have a legal insanity defense (and if the person is dangerous they may be committed to confinement other than prison—e.g. to a mental hospital).Even ‘sane’ persons may feel like harming others in anger. It is then ethical to attempt to restrain oneself. But to volitionally cultivate an intent to harm another is ethically wrong even if the intent is not finally translated into action.
WHAT DOES THIS QUOTE mean? Written by Immanuel Kant.?
It comes from “Lectures on Ethics” Kant was discussing the fact that by use of prudence; if a man acts unwisely then reproaches himself then he has learned his lesson, he is now using prudence, and it must be counted to him as honor, for this is a sign of strength of character. However the accusation of conscience is much like a legal judge to the authority of morality. Our conscience either acquits us or condemns us guilty. The use of the voice of conscience is one that should lead us to prudence, but to hear that voice we must first understand morality and where it comes from. I hope this helps.
What is Immanuel Kant talking about in this quote? What does he mean?
My thoughts are that the information about the dove is only to set you up to understand physical resistance and compare it to mental resistance. For the dove to get the idea of the physical resistance tot he dove...just stick your hand out the window of a car in motion. That's what the dove feels as he flies. That the dove thinks about airless space is only to set you up for Plato again but without all that resistance, the dove could soar easily. Plato, he states, didn't consider the usually physical forces that restrain us all but let his mind soar without those constraints. He uses the dove again to soar like a bird...on the wings of ideas..to places of pure understanding. To sum it up Plato was a free thinker, not bound by the constraints that might contain other's thinking. I'm not familiar with Plato but I think the same about Einstein. I consider him an artist rather than a scientist. His thinking was so advanced that other scientists of the day didn't have the ability to even imagine Einstein's thinking. He was a creative genius. I always wondered what his dreams were like.