yourself whether you can will everyone acting on your maxim in all possible circumstances. But if you don’t know the meaning of a maxim‚ then you can’t fully understand what these two questions are asking of you. A maxim is defined by Kant as what you intend to do and why. Kant explains this
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In the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant asserts that actions based on duty is of the virtuous nature and that actions based on inclination are not. In the same time era‚ philosopher Friedrich Schiller satirized Kant’s argument by stating that if a person does a good deed for a friend naturally because that person is his friend‚ then that person is not virtuous. Therefore‚ the person must hate his friend and do the good deed in order for the person to be virtuous. While Kant’s guideline
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could not be imagined as a universal law for all rational beings. This should include what a world would look like in which all rational beings followed the maxim and why you could not achieve the purpose or end of the maxim in such a world. Kant thinks that we are not really in freedom if we are only looking for pleasure or desire and avoiding pains. By meeting our instinctive needs and become slaves of our desires and impulse. 2.Explain why following this maxim (i.e. taking recreational
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Leona Take LARS 3155 10 February 2013 Kant and Hegel Hegel’s concept of the “Absolute Idea” claims that there is a universal and ideal standard that is continuously being revealed throughout history‚ in various forms of human expression. The Absolute Idea can be interpreted as God‚ nature‚ spirit‚ or reality. With art‚ there is no such thing as “Art for Art’s sake” because art is a manifestation of the unfolding of the Absolute Idea. In Hegel’s Art History‚ the progression of art is always
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Hume vs. Kant: Causality Hume’s ultimate goal in his philosophic endeavors was to undermine abstruse Philosophy. By focusing on the aspect of reason‚ Hume shows there are limitations to philosophy. Since he did not know the limits‚ he proposed to use reason to the best of his ability‚ but when he came to a boundary‚ that was the limit. He conjectured that we must study reason to find out what is beyond the capability of reason. Hume began his first examination if the mind by
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Rights-based ethical theory (Social contract) On Cyberslacking affect on IT industry Cyberslacking a term used to describe employees who surf the net for their personal use such as writing e-mail or indulging in other internet-related activities at work that are not related to their jobs. These activities are performed during periods of time when they are being paid by their employer. The individual who perform such work is known as Cyberslacker while the whole act is called
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Utilitarianism and Kant’s respective have different ways for demonstrating whether an act we do is right or wrong. Corresponding to Kant‚ we should look at our maxims‚ intentions‚ of a particular action. Kantians believe “If we are rational‚ we will each agree to curb our self-interest and cooperate with one another” (Shafer-Landau‚ Russ 194). In other words‚ humans are rational beings capable of rational behavior and should not be used purely for self-interest. On the other hand‚ Utilitarian’s believe
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Ethical theory resides in the analysis layer of thinking for the reason that analysis is the elevated or educated form of thinking. A mixture of critical thinking and moral judgment‚ ethical reasoning raises itself to a form of analysis that boils down to developing arguments in light of discovering how we ought to live in order to express and apply it fully in our lives. One example that applies to this is the ethical situation is the issue on life support. Say that a family member‚ specifically
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I personally believe the Kant is wrong when he says the we are advancing towards a universal morality. I believe the “morality” is something that changes over time‚ and something that we as a species make up. Throughout history there have been many definitions of whet is constituted as moral and what’s not. Homosexuality is an easy one to write about in this regard. For example‚ in the ancient Roman times it was completely acceptable to have a same-sex relationship‚ and nobody would get judged for
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How the theory is used in making ethical judgments Ethical Dilemma In their profession a counselor will encounter situations where they’ll have to choose rather to do what the client asks of them or to stick by their individual beliefs. Just like in the text when the client who is in her late 30’s but is pregnant‚ situations such as this will test the beliefs of the individual because Catholics do not believe in abortions and in doing so will bring great shame from the Catholic community. One
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