Kant and his Theory

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

um.....................................no i'm sure its fine! A+.

Yeah- I'm thinking opinions can't be graded, so any ol' heap of rubbish will be indistinguishable from someone who was published

roser13, ASN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

Who is this Kant anyway?

Yeah, isn't this the 2nd Kant request in 2 days?

Rob72, ASN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

I guess it's good that someone sits around and thinks about random stuff and makes abstract ideas appear to be concrete and absolute. Oh well :)

Lordy, X, that's dismissive!

Look at it this way, all of our personal and interpersonal actions are done for a reason. Social structure depends on common adherence to standards of behavior. If I am totally the determiner of my "morality" (i.e., an extreme of free-will), nothing I do is wrong, from screwing puppies and 4 year olds to burning down a school to watch the children flail around. Sound creepy? Much of history is riddled with organized belief systems that practiced exactly those types of "social variances". Of course, those with the most physical power had the most "freedom"(i.e., men. BIG men. Charismatic men, who could consolidate the will of those of lesser personality, from the Incas to Hitler & Stalin).

In context, the philosophy of members of a Democratic-Republic must call for adherence to an ideal(s) greater than individual desires, with emphasis on the contradictory goals of a drive to improve oneself and one's standing, and to aid one's fellow citizen. The current socio-political philosophy of "tolerance", therefore, is revealed not as an inclusive doctrine, but a highly divisive, tribally-centered model, that is very regressive, i.e., the lodudest, strongest, most violent tribe will eventually rise to a position of rulership.

While I am absolutely opposed to the overall concept of secular-humansim(being a Judeo-Christian Stoic, most accurately), this has a good layout of why being aware of philosophy and social direction is important to everyone who votes...or doesn't.

http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/kurtz_25_1.htm

If you wonder why Western philosophy and logic are not required courses in highschool and college, there's your answer- that type of thinking doesn't support totalinarianism. Which, obviously, is the direction of a government that has consistently, for the past (roughly, and regardless of R/D leadership) 20 years increased its outlay to increase the dependence of citizens, and decrease the independence of the nation.

mama_d, BSN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

Argh!!!!! Kant!!!! I'm running away right now.

Hubby and I actually took a philosophy class together back in the Dark Ages...we spent a memorable night writing 10 page papers side by side. I thoroughly loathed Kant by the end of that night. Hubby did his on Descartes (sp?) and just fell more in love with him.

noahsmama · Sep 9, 2011

I'd like to help you, but I Kant.

(sorry -- sometimes I just can't resist the urge to make a really bad pun......)

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

Sorry, I just Kant understand him.

But seriously though, I failed a class on Kant and tried to retake it to fix the GPA and ended up dropping so I wouldn't fail again.

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

Rob, I love philosophy. My first degree is in English and my area of interest was literary theory, which is where literature meets philosophy and sociology and history. I took the darn Kant class after taking another philosophy class on Marx with the same professor and loving it. Philosophy was going to be my minor until I realized I just Kant do it I think it's a shame that liberal arts degrees are being so devalued in favor of career based degrees that only have varying amounts of humanities required (that are often resented by students as "fluff").

But Kant still defeats me, big time.

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

Lordy, X, that's dismissive!
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Yeah- probably sounded that way. :)

Actually, I think that all folks should be able to find others who share whatever it is they find amusing, entertaining, thought provoking, etc.. Just reminds me too much of those assignments in school 28 years ago that I had to get done before going on with life as I knew it :yawn:

The class I took in philosophy was a time-filler and easy credit class (not saying they're all like that). It was like a zit on the orifice of humanity :twocents: I'm sure I have things I'm interested in that would bore the snot out of an ant colony.

Have fun :up:

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Sep 9, 2011

Yeah, isn't this the 2nd Kant request in 2 days?

It's Kantagious