a number of dots, albeit logically, that nonetheless requires discussion in order to be properly understood. As Immanuel Kant points out, God is viewed by people as having attributes which determine the order upon which one should base his own actions. In other words, “the concept of God” has a “function” that man should be aware of, as it informs his own critical thinking, behavior, and understanding of right and wrong (“Kant’s Philosophy of Religion”). Indeed, Kant “sought to locate the concept of God within a systematically ordered set of basic philosophical principles that account for the order and structure of world” (“Kant’s Philosophy of Religion”). Into… Continue Reading...
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The idea of freedom in the 18th and 19th century was divorced from the centuries that preceded them—centuries in which the concept of freedom was attached to the concept of “free will” and thought of primarily in a spiritual sense—i.e., a religious sense. With the Protestant Reformation, a break from the religious doctrines of the Middle Ages, and the rise of the Enlightenment and Romantic Eras came a new approach to freedom. Freedom was thought of not as a choice one had between doing good and evil… Continue Reading...
makes the most valuable contribution to organizational leadership? Why?
Cosmopolitanism denotes a construct emerging from social science, initially proposed by Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher, in the year 1784. This theory dealt with world citizenship, in which no individual would be identified as a specific country's citizen, but as a global citizen. Thus, cosmopolitans are simply people who don't identify only with their local environment, but with the international environment (Nicolopoulou et al., 2016).
A geocentric attitude necessitates the ability to adjust to novel atmospheres and to be competent with multiple cultures. With swift economic transformations and organizations' attempts at market expansion, tax breaks, and labor cost reductions, a trend… Continue Reading...
Immanuel Kant’s famous argument that lying is always unethical, even if one is faced with a killer who seeks the hiding place of his soon- to- be victim. However, according to some others, the outcome of lying or a similar seemingly unethical act might, on occasion, make it right to lie – a theory termed ‘moral relativism’ or ‘obligations/ duty- based’ ethics, as, according to deontologists, ethical principles bind individuals to their obligations (Karnik & Kanekar, 2016).
Deontological theories come under the ‘normative theories’ category. They don’t presume any distinct… Continue Reading...
