Looking into the definition of Kant’s Categorical Imperative‚ he points out that one should acting strictly according to a certain extent. Another way of putting it is that when a person acts‚ it should be on the basis that the action will be applied to a maxim as well as a universal law. Furthermore‚ the Categorical Imperative offers a guideline to the practicality of a concrete yet maintained action. When applying this imperative to the ethical issue of pollution and the obligation of government
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Immanuel Kant’s moral theory can be best explained by comparing it to a math equation. Kant’s moral system will always hold true no matter what the circumstance just like how two plus two will always equal four. According to Kant‚ our lives should be lived according to maxims that can be willed into universal law (Kant‚ Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals‚ p 303). However the action regarding a moral decision is not judged by the consequences of that action‚ rather by the motive
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paper Period 4 4/22/2013 The Fight to Control their Own Bodies For many years abortion has been a social‚ and political debate in the U.S. Abortion continues to create controversy between the states‚ and a number of human rights groups. This controversy has caused each state to develop their own set of laws regarding the issue‚ and some have also passed abortion bans throughout the years. By leaving such a big decision up to individual states‚ women’s fundamental freedoms
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Kant’s moral Theory and the problem of divorce by Adrian Navarro Kant’s moral theory says a lot about us people in general. That we should act as if our actions are a “universal law” Every action must have logic and reason‚ and must think about the greater picture‚ meaning you must take into consideration what would happen if everyone did the same thing you did. His strong viewpoints about doing what’s right and logical cause great stir in topics such as divorce. Kahn’s categorical imperative
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Abortion- Should it be legalised or not in Mauritius? Abortion means the termination of pregnancy before its completion. Abortion medically exists in two major forms. 1. The SPONTANEOUS abortion‚ which is defined as the termination of pregnancy without any medical or criminal interference. 2. MEDICAL abortion‚ which means the termination of pregnancy under medical interference. Our concern whether abortion should be legalised or not‚ is mainly related to MEDICAL abortion. This is the subject
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A. Explain Kant’s Categorical Imperative The Categorical Imperative was a deontological‚ absolute‚ normative and secular theory put forward by Immanuel Kant in the 18th century. Kant’s theory was deontological which means that it judges morality based on a person’s action rather than the outcome‚ it is also secular‚ this means that ‚ even though Kant is religious‚ his theory is not‚ his theory is judgemental which means the theory is normative and it is also absolute which means that Kant believes
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When asked if someone could possess reason‚ doubt‚ and faith [in one topic]‚ all respondents answered yes but had fairly diverse answers as to why. Doubt was often coupled with reason as three of the respondents felt that the lack of details adding up (fault in reasoning) lead to an uncertainty in whether something was true. The fourth respondent felt that it was a linear pathway where reason was used when someone doubts a subject‚ and when all seems hopeless‚ the person sticks to faith to pull them
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human behavior. [1] The goal of ethics is morality‚ the oughtness of an action‚ the essence of morality and the standard for judging an action to be right or wrong‚ good or bad. For the sake of this paper‚ I shall make a quick review on Immanuel Kant’s theory of universalizability that centers around the discourse on morality. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Immanuel Kant was German philosopher born in Konigsberg Prussia (now Kaliningrad‚ Russia)‚ whose philosophy flourished around 18th century. His
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Essay One topic that I feel very strongly about is the pro-choice movement. Many women who are pro-choice and support medical and surgical abortions are extremely criticized. Many people fail to realize that having an abortion is not necessarily a bad thing. Abortions can change someone’s life for the better in many ways. Many women that get abortions are not in the proper place to take care of a child. Although a woman can give a child up for adoption‚ the foster care system is not always the
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ABORTION IN KENYA It can be described in a simple way as the act of getting rid of an unborn child. Abortion debate has dominated the thoughts of Kenya since antiquity. This is an issue that has been there in Kenya since time in memorial because it began in the traditional era before colonialism. Most communities in the past considered it a taboo to bear a child before marriage. Incase a woman fell pregnant before marriage the community’s solution to this problem was abortion of the child. That
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