the crime. Kant objects to the utilitarian approach as he claims it is practical and political. Kant believes the punishment must fit the crime and punishment itself when carried out accordingly and just‚ punishment is not evil. Kant’s moral theory is not especially preoccupied with punishment‚ and should not be thought of as primarily a theory of punishment. The reason for considering punishment at such length here is that in doing so‚ we can come to a better understanding of what Kant thought‚ and
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objective to create ‘Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals’ (pg. 98) Kant believed that morality was acting out of duty. The moral duty exists because the action in itself is good‚ ethical and how it is ought to be rather than because it is useful. The moral principles of this theoretical system are intended for the higher good of individuals and its basic foundations consist of human virtues‚ ie. Compassion‚ care‚ togetherness‚ etc. Kant explained how morality is not the doctrine of how we make ourselves
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one using Kantian Ethical Theory. At first glance‚ Kantian seems to suggest that this person could not kill him/herself because in Kant ’s writings he states that suicide is wrong. The reason for this is because of the maxim given in the act (A)‚ circumstances (C)‚ end (E) format of "(A) I will kill myself‚ (C) when I am in pain‚ (E) out of self love." According to Kant the purpose of self love prevents one from killing oneself‚ and this paradox cause this maxim to fall within what he calls "narrow
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fact that a man is free as long as his own choices are in the chain of what is supposed to occur. Fatalism is a form of determinism that explains how every event in the future is fated to happen. Determinism in general is mostly related to causality. But causality can happen without determinism if it follows an uncaused event that was not predictable from events in the past. If indeterminism occurs‚ that means that the events happen without a specific cause. So there can possibly be adequate determinism
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Rationalism vs. Empiricism – History and Summary What is reality really like? A current running through much of the philosophical thinking around the time of Socrates and Plato was that there is a difference between how the world appears and how it is. Our senses reveal one layer of reality but it is our minds that penetrate deeper. The world of appearances is a world in flux but underneath there must be a stable reality. For there is much that is unchanging. We recognise kinds of things – badgers
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than humans) into the moral landscape as having rights which do not simply depend on what humans assign them? Aristotle Virtue Ethics. 2. In the video on Deontology‚ what example does Kant use to illustrate a negative duty (which is perfect) and which cannot be modified to suit the situation. “Do not lie” was Kants example‚ it is something that you are prohibited from doing. 3. Virtue Ethics is often criticized for being relativistic and depending on what a culture believes is virtuous. What theory
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Science goes along way back into the history of the universe. The current most popular theory of the origin of the universe is the big band theory. But all this leaves the question‚ what caused the big bang? Science cannot yet explain this making it open to religious speculation. This is the basis of the cosmological argument. The cosmological argument proves the existence of god from the idea that there is a first cause of the universe. Aquinas version of the cosmological argument try?s to prove
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surrounding area of a company. Against this background‚ the question how a manager should act with regards to the owner of a company and the employees of a company is quite important. A possible answer to this question can be discussed in the stockholder vs. stakeholder debate. Although there are reasonable arguments for both – the stockholder and the stakeholder theory - I will use this paper to show that the stakeholder approach is superior and should be used for business in companies. To reach my
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A long debate‚ are you made who you are or born that way. Nature vs Nurture has been a long debate where psychologists and biologist are trying to figure out if you are made into the person you are or born‚ there is many different documented cases and experiments along with a long study on criminals to decide if what they did was purely biological or previous events made them do it. In recent history scientists have focused on aspects of intelligence‚ aggression and sexual orientation. But when
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study of deontological ethics‚ it is the right or wrong of the action that defines it. This is versus the teleological ethical system‚ which focuses on the good or evil of the action and the person committing the action. Emmanuel Kant first defined these principles‚ ²"Kant held that nothing is good without qualification except a good will‚ which is one that wills to act in accord with the moral law and out of respect for that law‚ rather than out of natural inclinations. He saw the moral law as a categorical
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