When faced with moral issues in every facet of life‚ individuals often rely on normative theories for guidance in their decision-making process and its subsequent justification. In the case of Rayburn Unlimited‚ Al Smetana‚ the founding president‚ discovers that Craig Lindley‚ the associate vice-president and an old-time friend‚ has been using the company’s computer network extensively for web pornography. At the current juncture‚ Al is faced with the decision of how to resolve the situation with
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Our morality‚ which is what‚ is right and what is wrong is based on our decisions and actions we make each and every day. Unlike animals that rely solely on instinct alone‚ we as human beings have the ability to make our own decisions based upon our beliefs. You have to ask yourself what is more important to you‚ is it morally right to pleasure the masses even if it causes harm to some people which is Mills Utilitarianism theory or do you do what is logically and morally right according to universal
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reason‚ or imperative‚ from which all duties and obligations derive. He defined an imperative as any proposition that declares a certain action (or inaction) to be necessary. There are two types of imperatives introduced by Kant. 1) Hypothetical imperative and 2) Categorical imperative. Hypothetical imperatives apply to someone dependent on them having certain ends for example: if I wish to quench my thirst‚ I must drink something; if I wish to acquire knowledge‚ I must learn. A categorical imperative
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Our will‚ through our own choosing‚ is good when it operates from reason and duty alone. In this way‚ the Categorical Imperative guides us to being truly moral. Further‚ freedom is the ability to be motivated by your own choices‚ and to be able to deliberate and act on reason. So why be moral? Because it is a pure extension of our autonomy – and there is nothing greater
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moral worth must be determined on the bases of a fundamental principle based upon learned experience‚ namely the Principle of Utility. Under said principle‚ actions are to be judged on the nature of their outcome‚ not on their relation to a supreme imperative. In this paper I will reconstruct Kant’s critique of teleology in moral matters‚ followed by a response to said critique based on the principles that Mill lays out in Utilitarianism. Ultimately‚ I will show that‚ while Mill’s defense is valid
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morality as a type of imperative (a commanding sentence). Kant starts his reflections from making a claim that morality can in no way emanate from experience and that there has never been an experience of purely moral actions‚ because actions base on reasons‚ which are always obscure. After describing experience and empirical values as those that cannot be ascribed to morality‚ Kant discusses reason as its only source and the forms morality can take. This paper will discuss the imperative quality
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moral. Kant’s Deontological ethics argue moral worth act is the source of respect and prosperity of human beings. Thus‚ an action and principle to be considered moral worth should be able to pass two tests‚ which he named the tests categorical and hypothetical imperative. Furthermore‚ the theory of duty has ethical objectivism and moral absolutism as its center pillars. Which both this theory delivers that there is absolute‚
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Immanuel Kant is a philosopher that has always stuck out because the way he approaches morality is particularly different than most other philosopher. Some would say that Kant’s philosophy works satisfactorily in a perfect world‚ but fails to account for how the world actually is‚ which is far from perfect. Even if this is true the groundwork of Kant’s work has still garnered the admiration of many philosophers that were during and after his time. Kant believes that a good will is based on the attitude
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and Humanity Kant’s philosophy was based around the theory that we have a moral unconditional obligation and duty that he calls the “Categorical Imperative.” He believes that an action must be done with a motive of this moral obligation‚ and if not done with this intention then the action would hold no moral value. Under this umbrella of the “Categorical Imperative” he presents three formulations that he believes to be about equal in importance‚ relevance‚ and could be tested towards any case. The
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Kantism is a theory of duties. According to Kant‚ human will is a good will because we can make decisions based on the reason alone and our morality is grounded in logical reasoning. Today‚ I spent the day making decisions as if I was a Kantian. It was definitely a challenging day. We had a chemistry assignment due on Monday. One of my friends asked me for help with a question. Even after sending the answer and explaining how I got the answer‚ she was not able to understand it. Although I had a
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