Assignment 1 Ethical Dilemmas Legal and Social 115103 Coordinator Name: Jackie Loong Student ID 10189179 Number of words: 1651 Date: 20th August 2013 The definition of an ethical dilemma is a situation that involves conflict between moral imperatives in a way to obey each other. (Shaw‚Barry and Sansbury‚2009) There is no right or wrong answer when decisions are made. In this situation of the case we have Mike‚ who is a new accounts payable employee of the soft wear sales
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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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Ethics Essay – Kant Explain Kant’s reasons for using the categorical imperatives. (25 marks) Kant’s moral philosophy is deontological; it rests on the notion of duty or obligation from the Greek word ‘Deon’. The argument is that we should conduct our affairs out of strict duty to the moral law. Kant wrote three major works on moral philosophy: Fundamental principles of the metaphysics of moral‚ Critique of practical reason and the metaphysics of morals. Kant formulated the categorical imperative
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Question: Kant‚ the founder of deontology‚ insisted that lying is always a moral fault. So how should a deontologist handle the problem of Anne Frank? That is‚ if you are hiding someone from murderers and you know that under casual inquiry or rigorous interrogation the only way to keep the secret is to “convince” yourself of a lie and thereby lie to convince the evildoers‚ have you done a bad thing? Answer: Kant‚ the founder of deontology talks about Moral Absolutism. He speaks that right
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Drew Carrick Dr. Conway March 26‚ 2013 Moral Philosophy I Do It‚ We All Do it The moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant is the most straightforward and solid in foundation of all ethical theories. Kant’s ethics are simple because they have a black and white (right and wrong) format. Many people cling to his thinking because his moral philosophy offers a firm solution to ethical questions‚ and this firmness removes any uneasiness in the agents mind. The central theme that sums up Kant’s moral
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1. According to Kant‚ a good will is the only thing that is good without qualification. A good will is one that is governed by reason‚ which involves being motivated by duty and not by inclination or by consideration of the consequences. To Kant‚ our duty is to obey the moral law‚ expressed by the categorical imperative. As such‚ Kant’s notion of good will is not utilitarian since Kant believes that certain types of actions (including murder‚ theft‚ and lying) are absolutely prohibited‚ even in cases
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chosen to compare two opposing theories‚ Immanuel Kant ’s absolutist deontological ethics and Joseph Fletchers relativist situation ethics. The deontological ethics focuses on actions made according to duty and the categorical imperative - which shows how acts are intrinsically good or bad. The situation ethics state that no act is intrinsically good or bad‚ and that actions should b made according to love. From this perspective it looks as thought Kant ’s views were less personal than Fletcher ’s‚ although
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would be a grim‚ inhumane place if everyone cooperated in killing the innocent. While it can be argued that the overall goal of the lie is morally good‚ Kant would reject it‚ considering it immoral in that the immorality outweighs and prevents any morality that might come later from the results of that action. One of the justifications that Kant could provide in this
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When it pertains to lying‚ I believe it is morally permissible to lie to someone given a specific situation. The most imperative circumstance in which lying has the potential to make more people happy is when it applied to prevent harm/protecting someone’s life. Lying is the right thing to do in this situation as it safeguards your fellow man. According to Emanuel Kant (2008)‚ “Immediately I realize that I could will •the lie but not •a universal law to lie; for such a law would result in there being
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about what is good for us but is good for others‚ and that there are also actions that get us what we do not want. The argument is‚ every action that gets you what you want is good. Stealing‚ lying‚ murder‚ coercion‚ honesty‚ manipulation‚ violence‚ kindness‚ etc.‚ are all get us what we want. Thus Stealing‚ lying‚ murder‚ coercion‚ honesty‚ manipulation‚ etc. are all good. All good actions are moral. Therefore‚ no actions that get us what we want are immoral. However‚ this argument’s premises are
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