Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative

Morals and ethics are something everyone has. They are your own personal compass, that lead you to choose what is right. Like a powerful magnetic can change the direction of a compass, your morals can be swayed. Right and wrong is never as straightforward as its seems. There will always be a gray area. Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative is when you behave a certain way because that behavior is universal law. It is what is believed to be the right course of action. Cheating on your exam is not categorical imperative because the majority chooses not to cheat. If everyone cheated it would make test scores invalid. Tests would also become useless. Compared to categorical imperative the golden rule isn’t as limiting to your actions. With the
They then say that they didn’t know any better and assumed Excel would give them a proper graph. Their behavior is consistent with Kant’s categorical imperative, because the majority would assume that Excel gave them the proper graph. But learning how to properly graph data is an imperfect duty. An imperfect duty, according to Kant, is your duty as an employee to obtain the proper skills you need. Microsoft Excel’s behavior isn’t consistent with categorical imperative, because Excel may not always give you a proper graph. Universal law in this example is Excel giving you a correct graph every time. If an employee showed me a graph from Excel that they assumed was correct I would think they were unprepared. As an executive I want capable employees, and by displaying this kind of unpreparedness it shows that you can’t properly do aspects of your job. The junior marketing professional’s response is a violation of a perfect duty because a perfect duty is a behavior that is required, and if not met is blameworthy. Presenting a proper graph is required and should be done right. If I was this employee, I would present the graph that is drawn to scale and has proper