theory is deontological and focused on the idea of a moral law. Explain that moral statements are a priori synthetic. Explain Kant’s understanding of good will and duty and show that they are linked. More importantly you need to explain the categorical imperative and the three formulae. 1 Universalisability 2 People must be considered as ends in themselves 3 Kingdom of ends. A good answer will include examples‚ either Kant’s own or simple alternatives. Immanuel Kant was an eighteenth century
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In his paper‚ Carson points out 4 main arguments that we can derive from the recent corporate scandals (e.g. Enron‚ WorldCom). The arguments pointed out revolve around the flaws and inadequacy in current business approaches such as the stakeholder theory‚ shareholder theory and incentives system in corporations currently. In my response paper‚ I will make use of ethical theories such as Kantian ethics‚ Utilitarianism‚ Rawl’s theory of justice etc. to analyse the arguments made in the paper and to
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organizations‚ an email list was collected. Email was the discussed to be the best source of communication for the lack of networks within the actual organizations themselves. Following this discussion‚ a mass email was sent describing HGU and their proposition for the Greek Life community. In hindsight‚ this could have been done much better for the reach was vast yet the richness was poor. Also‚ with the advancement of spam filters‚ it is possible that many of the emails did not reach the customer. Of
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Is there such a thing as justified killing? Many would argue that the killing of another individual is by far one of the worse crimes that can be committed. Though under certain circumstances such as capital punishment‚ or to kill in self-defense‚ justified killing is okay. These options are only acceptable if there is no viable alternative to doing so. Everyone has the right to live‚ and once someone decides to kill another individual then they should lose that right. They don’t deserve to have
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Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Use DeMorganʹs laws or a truth table to determine whether the two statements are equivalent. 1) ~(p ∧ q)‚ ~p ∧ ~q A) Not equivalent B) Equivalent 2) ~(p ∨ q) ‚ ~p ∧ ~q A) Equivalent B) Not equivalent 3) (p ∨ q) ∨ r‚ p ∨ (q ∨ r) A) Not equivalent 1) B) Equivalent 2) 3) Write an equivalent sentence for the statement. 4)
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deserved to be funded. This sought out to be a better solution since the local governments are better at identifying where the money should be spend in their states rather than the federal government‚ who only have a broad view on the state issues. Categorical grants were the solution before Reagan and they weren’t the most effective. They did have their advantages like having more money along with the grant‚ but its detriment involved the money being spent on specific things that may not be needed in
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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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Moral Reasoning - Aim: Equip students to become critically minded citizens who have the ability to think through the big moral and political questions we all confront as citizens Kant (Deontology) - Rejects utilitarianism: They were half right- of course we seek to avoid pain‚ and seek pleasure. But to think that pain and pleasure drives our behavior. - Thinks that the individual person has a dignity that commands our respect- because we are rational beings‚ capable of reason.; and autonomous
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granting or withholding money for them to do so. One way they do this is with categorical grants which are grants given to states to the national government that have a specific purpose defined by law. Categorical grants are competitive because states apply for this type of grant and federal chooses the ones they want to fund. . They are used to create school lunch programs‚ health care programs‚ etc. An advantage of categorical grants is that the programs
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Paper #1 In A Critique of Utilitarianism‚ Bernard Williams argues that when following a Utilitarian approach for moral dilemmas‚ Utilitarianism might have us sacrifice or modify our moral integrity. Williams explains this argument with a hypothetical execution situation with protagonist Jim. Jim‚ who is a botanical expeditionary‚ accidentally wanders in the central square of a small South American town. There‚ he finds twenty Indians tied up in a row‚ with several armed soldiers standing in front
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