Unassailable logic will not always suffice. And most people with perhaps a little thought accept this but only as theory. Either way‚ a do-nothing approach as we saw it in The Managerial Imperative is persuasive. The waste in business and government is staggering. Plenty of analysis but often no meaningful plan. We have modeled the world to death on many irrelevant issues. What is the point? It is two-fold: one‚ planning fascinates many
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Once one knows the categorical imperative and understands it‚ they can effectively take any moral dilemma‚ run it through the mill‚ and get a morally correct answer. With this test‚ every person should get the same answer‚ which is what makes it universal law. Kant provides three different versions of the categorical imperative‚ not to give different answers‚ but to emphasize different moral points. A person should be able to take
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Dangers of The Technical Imperative In Comparative Religious Ethics‚ Darrell Fasching‚ Dell Dechant‚ and David M. Lantigua propose the innate danger of the technical imperative to the human race. In recent history‚ the most significant example of the “technical imperative” has been evident in the construction and use of the atomic bomb. According to the authors of Comparative Religious Ethics‚ the technical imperative is the idea that “if it can be done it must be done” (Fasching 46). The use
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The Ethical Imperative – Contrarieties "A global ethic is only practicable as a personal commitment‚" says the author‚ Dalla Costa. He explains that for businesspeople‚ this does not mean valuing profit less‚ but instead valuing people more. Throughout the article‚ the author shows that business reflects who we are as a society and the beliefs that we live by as individuals. He uses several examples of organizations that have been hurt by unethical behavior to support his statement. Business
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Imperatives in general are commands that dictate a particular course of action‚ such as "you shall clean your room." Hypothetical Imperatives are commands that depend on my preference for a particular end‚ and are stated in conditional form. The Categorical Imperative‚ Kant argues‚ are moral actions based on a "supreme principle of morality" which is objective‚ rational‚ freely chosen‚ and it is not conditional upon one’s preferences. Therefore the Categorical Imperative can be the only
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Chapter 3 Hypothetical Syllogisms As stated in Chapter 2‚ a hypothetical syllogism is a syllogism with at least one conditional premise‚ that is‚ at least one ―if…then…‖ premise. The ―If…then…‖ relationship may be expressed in ordinary language by using a number of different terms. In checking hypothetical syllogisms expressed in ordinary language for their validity‚ it is therefore useful to be able to translate such conditional vocabulary into standard conditional form. The Vocabulary of Conditional
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According to Kant‚ the fundamental principle of morality must be a categorical‚ rather than a hypothetical imperative‚ because an imperative based on reason alone is one that is a necessary truth‚ is a priori‚ and is one that applies to us because we are rational beings capable of fulfilling our moral obligations. Kant explains this essential truth is how "an action as objectively necessary in itself apart from its relation to a further end". This refers to how if the supreme principle of morality
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and what is immoral” (Robert Paul Wolf Pg 265). Donna concludes that health care should be a human right that is the moral thing to do for the society. A philosopher that agrees with this point is Immanuel Kant with the theory of the Categorical Imperative. Version 1 “Act in such a way that you always treat humanity‚ whether in your own person or that of another‚ never simply as means‚ but always at the same time as an end” (Prof Culbertson). Kant agrees with health care being a right as this version
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consequentialism because the rightness or wrongness of an act is determined by the consequences. Thus‚ deontologicalism and consequentialism are the main criticisms for both these theories. Kant ’s ethics of pure duty is the basis for his categorical imperative‚ which provides the basis for his universalist duty based theory. Mill ’s theory of utilitarianism is a primary form of consequentialism. Both deontologicalism and consequentialism are valid points of argument to the ethics of an action but they
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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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