Author‚ Immanuel Kant‚ in his article “The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative”‚ targeted mainly the idea of having a good will. What Kant meant by this exactly is that one must undergo good deeds for the sake of those deeds being good in and within themselves‚ not to gain any sort of award in return. Specifically‚ Kant argues that “[a] good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes‚ because of its fitness to attain some proposed end‚ but only because of its volition‚ that
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Kant’s Categorical and Hypothetical Imperative For Immanuel Kant‚ although everything naturally acts according to law‚ only rational beings do it consciously. This is the reason that humans experience impulses and desires that conflict with reason. So we experience the claim of reason as an obligation‚ a command that we act in a particular way‚ or an imperative. Imperatives may occur in either of two distinct forms‚ hypothetical or categorical. Imperatives say that anything would be good to
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principle which is called the categorical imperative‚ which means to treat people freely and equally. In his first categorical imperative‚ he argued that we should act in a way only if our maxim became a universal law. (Midterm‚ P2) Maxim is the reason that some made a choice in a certain situation‚ and by looking at this maxim universally and reversely‚ we could determine rather this maxim is a universal law or not. In his second categorical imperative‚ we have to focused on rather the person making
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“Few formulas in philosophy have been so widely accepted and variously interpreted as Kant’s injunction to treat humanity as an end in itself”(Hill‚ 38). The categorical imperative formula I have chosen is the humanity formula. The humanity formula is the second formulation categorical imperative of the three formulas Kant come up with. This formulation states that we should never act in such a way that we treat humanity‚ whether in ourselves or in others‚ as means only. This formula also says that
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Kantianism : Categorical imperative I : Scenario 1 Proposed rule: (I may lie to use the private library’s PCs with the intention of getting a full scholarship to attend a prestigious university.) In this case. “I can lie with the intention of getting good grades and a scholarship.” • The person in trouble wants his lie to be believed so she gets what she needs – in this case to use the unused private library’s PC’s connected with the net to research and get good grades and later a scholarship
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Outline and evaluate Kants categorical imperative (25 marks) Kant’s categorical ethics is a deontological theory of ethics‚ this means that the actions are either intrinsically right or intrinsically wrong‚ this is due to absolute law; the outcome of the situation is not important to Kant’s theory even if the outcome may be good. Kant has a deontological theory because he believes that you must stick to the moral rules and beliefs that you have no matter what the turn out. An example of this would
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Categorical Imperative: Its Application To the Moral Responsibility of the Staff of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Immaculate Conception ______________ A Research Paper Submitted to Mrs. Ruzzel L. Nazario English Department Pastor Bonus Seminary College of Philosophy ______________ In Partial Fulfilment of the Course English Requirements in English 103 (Technical Writing) ______________ by Sem. Esper Sy Manginsay October 20‚ 2012 Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative: Its
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human’s frailty. In Kant’s conception of human reason and action‚ he distinguished between categorical and hypothetical imperatives which displayed the human struggles regarding what decisions were morally right. Self interested desires‚ “…which involve[ed] only the selection of means to satisfy one’s own desire” (p.151) could be defined as a hypothetical imperative. However‚ categorical imperative claims “…that morality is fundamentally a function of [one’s] reason‚ not just [one’s] feelings” (p.151)
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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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important‚ consequences are equally important. What happens is as important as why it happens. Humans act for reasons‚ actions have consequences that matter. Human beings matter‚ what happens to us matters‚ thus‚ consequences matter. Kant’s Categorical Imperative and Jesus’ Golden Rule are two theories combined that can best help with consequences. Kant states - Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that if should become a universal law. Kant is saying that when one is anticipating
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