Is Abraham Admirable? The Arguments of Kant versus Kierkegaard. Immanuel Kant's "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals" and Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling". (7 page paper)
Title: Is Abraham Admirable? The Arguments of Kant versus Kierkegaard. Immanuel Kant's "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals" and Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling". (7 page paper)
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Is Abraham Admirable? The Arguments of Kant versus Kierkegaard. Immanuel Kant's "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals" and Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling". (7 page paper)
Category: /Society & Culture/Education
Details: Words: 2290 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
G-D wants to test Abraham's faith and tells Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac. Isaac at this time is a man, approximately 30 years old. Abraham takes Isaac to prepare for the sacrifice, and when G-D showed the sacrificial location, Abraham took Isaac to the place of G-D. On the journey, Isaac asks his father, "I see the fire and the wood! But where is the lamb for the burnt offering" (7)? Abraham replies, "God himself …showed first 75 words of 2290 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2290 total…find admirable". If you ask this question to the youth, they may answer an athlete or a movie star. An adult my answer a famous writer or a politician. Admirable qualities are perceived differently by everyone, and it changes as circumstances change. This concludes that people have their own ideas of being admirable; therefore, while Kant finds Abraham a brute, Kierkegaard finds him worthy, showing that each person has their own authentic beliefs and faith.