stockholders‚ and how they used the company as their own person “ATM” machine in order to support their extravagant lifestyles. We will go on to discuss and focus on what is meant by the duties and rights of deontological ethics and how Kant’s Categorical Imperatives might be applied to both those issues. Finally‚ we’ll take a look at what a deontological framework of business ethics looks like and how applying it to the two problems mentioned above might have made a difference for both the Rigases and
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ultimately leads to perfect happiness which stems from God. To understand Kant’s views behavior morality‚ one must understand the system of rationality that Kant referred to as “Categorical Imperative” According to Kant himself in Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals; categorical imperative is described as “[An] imperative‚ which declares an action to be of itself objectively necessary without reference to any purpose (25)”. To clarify what Kant is saying‚ it is a rational and moral obligation that
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theory offers a view of morality based on the principle of good will and duty. According to him‚ people can perform good actions solely by good intentions without any considerations to consequences. In addition‚ one must follow the laws and the categorical imperative in order to act in accordance with and from duty. Several other philosophers such as Hannah Arendt discuss Kant’s moral philosophy. In her case study: “The Accused and Duties of a Law-Abiding Citizen”‚ Arendt examines how Adolf Eichmann’s
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Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher and political radical. He is highly known and respected today for his moral philosophy‚ primarily his principle of utilitarianism. Utilitarianism evaluates actions based upon their consequences. Bentham is most famously known for his pursuit of motivation and value. Bentham was a strong believer in individual and economic freedom‚ the separation of church and state‚ freedom of expression‚ equal rights for women‚ the right to
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principle‚ the Categorical Imperative. Kant’s way of determining morality of actions is quite different from other philosophers‚ and many find it extremely hard to grasp or implausible. The central concept of his basic test for morality found in his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is the categorical imperative. "The representation of an objective principle‚ insofar as it is necessitating for a will‚ is called a command (of reason)‚ and the formula of the command is called an imperative"(Kant‚
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citizens?” for BP‚ it might be perfectly fine‚ until it becomes part of the third party (the local citizens).. second Therefore by hiding information from the government‚ the local fishers‚ local citizens . therefore‚ BP has breached the second categorical imperative standing for respect of the individual. * According to Kant BP should have fixed the problem that it was aware of before continuing on with the project‚ even if this would not make the company profitable. * The
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Introduction to Kantian Ethical Analysis Reason‚ declared Kant‚ is the source and ultimate basis for morality. Morality wholly rests in pure‚ innate reason and not in intuition‚ conscience‚ law‚ or utility. The standard of morality‚ therefore‚ is inherent in the human mind; it is definable only in terms of the mind; and it is derived from one’s innerself by direct perception (Cavico & Mujtaba‚ 2013). According to Kant‚ in order to be moral‚ one has to be rational. “The right use of reason
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actions is thus determined by our motivation for the action‚ which is influenced by our sense of duty‚ and not the consequences thereof. Kant believed in an absolute moral law that he called the Categorical Imperative. It is this imperative that determines our duty.(2) Two formulations of this imperative can be used to determine the morally correct action that Alistair should choose. The first formulation‚ The Formula of Universal Law: "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time
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so‚ actions should be judged based on an intrinsic moral law that says whether the action is right or wrong – period. Kant introduced the Categorical Imperative which is the central philosophy of his theory of morality‚ and an understandable approach to this moral law. It is divided into three formulations. The first formulation of Kant’s Categorical Imperative states that one should “always act in such a way that the maxim of your action can be willed as a universal law of humanity”; an act is either
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Martin Jason Sevilla ETHICS bah 203 Justice and Fairness has a categorical imperative has two criteria for determining moral rights and wrong. It is called universalizability and reversibility. Universalizability means the person’s reasons for acting must be reasons that everyone could act on at least in principle and Reversibility means the person’s reasons for acting must be reasons that he or she would be willing to have all others use‚ even as a basis
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