building this massive spying apparatus in secret) is a tool of injustice‚ and that he felt compelled to act in violation of it in order to expose these official bad acts and enable debate and reform.” (Greenwald & TheGuardian‚ 2013) Therefore under Immanuel Kant and a teleological view‚ does Snowden fall under ethical “guidelines” for a Kantian
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Throughout Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone‚ the concept of justice is portrayed within the characters and plot in response to the main conflict in the play. This conflict arises when Antigone’s brother and Kreon’s nephew‚ Polyneices‚ was killed while attacking his home city of Thebes in an attempt to gain power from the current ruler Eteokles. Seen as an enemy of the state in Kreon’s eyes‚ Polyneices should be treated as such. Kreon’s hatred for Polyneices resulted in the decree that his nephew is to
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Different paradigms have the effect of focusing attention toward some things and away from others Idealist As early as the 14th Century the Italian poet Dante wrote of the “universality of man” and envisioned a unified world state Immanuel Kant argued that doing good was an end unto itself rather than a means to some other end • Hope to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation among nations • Focus attention on legal-formal aspects of international relations‚ such as international
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DEONTOLOGY vs UTILITARIANISM The theory of deontology is derived from the writings of German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Kant stated that a universal law should provide the basis for each act‚ and that the intention was of more importance than the result. Deontology is a duty-based ethical position‚ where one ’s actions are based on what is ethically correct‚ regardless of the consequences (Porche‚ 2004). Deontological theories hold that actions are morally right
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Energy Corporation to personal potential clients. I have been asked to review this matter. Before giving the rest of the board a review I shall look into the perspectives of philosopher’s theories on ethics. The first philosopher I will bring up is Immanuel Kant. Kant was one of the most influential philosophers of western philosophy. In Kant’s perspective‚ the sole feature that gives an action moral value is not the outcome that is attained by the act‚ but the cause that is behind the action. So in
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Greece forward‚ Plato‚ Socrates‚ and developmental ideas. Rationalism means the knowledge can be acquired through the use of reason and empiricism is obtained through experience. Externalism‚ empiricism‚ constructivism‚ and etc. Rene Descartes Immanuel Kant Aristotle Plato Locke Berkeley Spinoza The kind of knowledge of how can we know what we know‚ the reason why? How is knowledge got? Metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental properties
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DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF GOD Pantheism: God exists in nature‚ everything is God and God is everything. Deism: The universe follows God’s Laws of order‚ also believed that God created the universe and its physical laws‚ set the universe into motion and then moved away‚ and also believed that god has no personal relationship with his humans. Theism: God and humans have a personal relationship and direct communication through prayers‚ meditations‚ etc.. Theism can be polytheistic (belief in one God)
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Categorical Imperative The basis of Categorical Imperative has dominated the study of human reasoning and morality. This idea behind Categorical Imperative can be described as the root principal or morality according to Immanuel Kant. Philosophers define human reasoning as a process of guidance of symbols and sentences‚ while morality is founded on the principles of right and wrong decisions that are accepted by an individual. Kant believed that the only thing of crucial moral worth is a good will
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Theological Voluntarist would say the choice 28-year-old women made about refusing blood transfusion was right. The decision was right because theological voluntarist makes their moral decision based on the scared text and/or listen to any direct inspiration. Based on the scenario it was against 28- year-old women’s religion to get a blood transfusion even if the baby dies. For theological voluntarist whatever god’s will is that is what morally is right. For example‚ in the text Kierkegaard’s Fear
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Immanuel Kant‚ disagreed with the Utilitarian principle that maximized happiness for the greatest number of people. In chapter 2 of his book‚ Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant theorizes an external critique that we don’t always act for desires but duty instead. Kant really has this worry and he wants to find a firm foundation for our moral laws. According to Kant‚ Act only on that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. Universal moral law
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