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Kant: Goodness - Online Paper

Kant: Goodness

The philosopher I used is Immanuel Kant. He was very practical in his
thinking of goodness. A quote of his was "I ought, therefore I can". His view
was good anything is under good will . He believed good will was the primary
goodness, good in its purest form, and that it couldn't be corrupted. Good
feelings and good intentions and actions can be interpreted in different ways;
man can corrupt these things into evil...even though it still might be good in
that man's eyes. What he's really trying to say is that good will is good in
its objective form. Therefore, it defines goodness. A few examples of forms of
goodness that could be corrupt are intelligence, courage, and ...

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by purging it of its
evil...relating to the Old Testament. God decided that the human race was too
evil to survive, so he flooded it. God killed, as well as the Misfit. This
isn't the same as Christ, though; it just adds to the religious element.
Christ's mission was to try and rid the world of evil, and sacrificed for it.
The Misfit sacrificed his freedom initially, was "reborn" again by escaping
from jail, and become a Christ like figure again...he's now reborn, and his
mission has an even stronger exclamation point on it, just like Christ's after
he was resurrected. The literal differences are obvious; Christ never held
anyone at gunpoint, let alone kill old ladies (no matter HOW hateful). But the
allusions above illustrate that the Misfit was indeed a Christ-like figure with
good intentions; good will . The Misfit was in a world of evil where he felt
it was his mission, as well as his intention and his will, to be the savior of
the good people.
When it really ...

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Added: 10/16/2007 09:45:05 AM
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