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Philosophy Plato's Works on Euthyphro, Essay

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The question arising from this claim is whether evidence exists to prove that there exists an infinitely good, powerful, and wise God where morality naturally emerges. Humes argues that is hard to imagine that an all-good, powerful God exists in this world full of pain and misery. From these claims, one can argue that this insight, or God, has both evil and good, as is present in man if man is in God's image and likeliness.

Immanuel Kant: from the Critique of Pure Reason, the Good Will and the Categorical Imperative, the Postulates of Practical Reason

Kant believes that the vigorous application of same methods of reasoning can yield to an equal development in dealing with the issues of moral philosophy. Kant proposes a list of categories of Freedom in Relation to the concept of good vs. evil. Kant uses logical distinction as the basis for the catalog. Even though everything acts naturally in accordance to law, Kant suggests that only the rational beings act consciously, and in obedience to this principle of practical reason. Kant's work in matters of moral is not exclusively theoretical. Kant describes the practical application for the categorical imperative, describing the catalog of rules for governance in relation to personal and social morality.


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