1. Kant and many other philosophers hold that one has duties to oneself, including a duty to refrain from harmful activities. Can there be duties that one owes to oneself? If not, why not? If so, is refraining from smoking (tobacco) one of them?

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Kant and many other philosophers hold that one has duties to oneself, including a duty to refrain from harmful activities. Can there be duties that one owes to oneself?

Yes. Indeed the work of Emmanuel Kant and David Hume is based on ethics and high morals as one of the most important virtues that a human must show during its life. Particularly, in the case of Emmanuel Kant, his work was based on a strict understanding of concepts such as liberty, the use of logic to create a rational process of thinking, the dignity of the human being, and the purity of the actions of an individual.

Refraining from smoking (tobacco) could be one of them in that Kant considered that the internal struggle of the individual when it got the time to make a decision or act correspondingly, was part of the inner struggle.

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.

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