April 15‚ 2011 How Should I Live? Immanual Kant vs. Jon Stuart Mill In their works “Principle of Utility” and the “Categorically Imperative” the philosophers Kant and Mill have addressed one of the most prominent questions humans have asked ourselves since the beginning of time; what are the fundamental moral principles that we should base our lives on? My intent is to show how each of these philosophers in their approach this subject yielding totally different results. I will compare and contrast
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is determined by its usefulness. In maximizing utility and minimizing negative utility‚ in short it can be defined as pleasure minus pain. Deontology means duty or obligation. This theory was founded by a German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). According to Kant‚ it is the only way of making moral decisions. Another definition for deontology is that it is an approach to the justification in which priority is given to the fundamental principles (Thompson et.al 2000;364) Utilitarianism
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sources) |Evidence‚ Quotes‚ Analogies (with sources) | | | | |Immanuel Kant argued that moral requirements are based on a standard of | "Act in such a way that you treat humanity‚ whether in | |rationality he dubbed the “Categorical Imperative” (CI). Immorality thus |your own person or in the person of another‚ always at
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The Categorical Imperative “A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself‚ without reference to any other purpose” (Kant‚ brainyquote.com). Immanuel Kant along with some other great philosophers was a central figure in modern philosophy. His ethical theory provides an account of general duties and a justification of moral motivation. During Kant’s life span from 1724-1804 he studied many different topics in philosophy but his main study
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our moral duty. 4. Consider person A‚ who acts to help person B‚ who is in need. Would Kant say that A’s helping B is wrong because A gets good feelings from helping B? Briefly explain your reply. i. Kant believed that if any action is not done with the motive of duty‚ then it is without moral value. Kant believed that every action should have pure intention behind it or else it was meaningless. Kant did not think that the final result was the most important aspect of an action‚ but how the
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a mother soon‚ it is her obligation to give birth to her child and to take full responsibility for it. The feelings that had surfaced out when she discovered her child’s abnormality should not govern nor influence her as she decides on her resolve. Kant argued that a dutiful action done from the motives of self-interest‚ self-preservation‚ sympathy and happiness — however praiseworthy it may be — does not express a good will and has no genuine “moral worth”. In such cases‚ the conformity of one’s
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surrounding what framework is used to weigh this goodness and badness. Deontological Theory explores this very point. Defining Deontological Theory Deontological theories of ethics are almost synonymous with Kantianism‚ after a philosopher‚ Immanual Kant. Although it must be noted that his views are simply one view of deontological theory‚ which will be explored later in this paper‚ it is important to note his powerful influences here. Deontologists base their evaluation of actions in and of themselves
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proper‚ good‚ and right. These fundamentals define if the behavior is evil‚ wrong or not satisfactory. Immanuel Kant stated that ethics should not be limited to personal desires‚ but also extend to one’s duty. His philosophy states that all individuals are born with intrinsic freedom‚ allowing them to make decisions‚ implying that we should make efforts to live morally and ethically. Kant argues that every lie that people give it contradicts moral goodness and steals others their freedom to rationally
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addressed. Specifically‚ I intend on analyzing the problematic aspects of other attempts and where we may be able to construct a less problematic approach to addressing the source of the emptiness critique. I hold that Kant has served as a compelling interlocutor in moral matters. Still further‚ my purpose here is to offer a better interpretation of Kantian thought than that offered by the both the formalist and non-formalists‚ I present a perspective that gives due credence to Kantian central texts
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There is obviously some variance in CSM: what people believe to be right and wrong values. There may be some items on some peoples list of CSM intuitions that aren’t on everyone’s else’s list. For most of us CSM requires us to be honest and forbids lying. It is tempting to think: end of story. We don’t need moral theory‚ we don’t need business ethics. We know this. But it is pretty clear that while we believe it‚ we don’t really have a great grasp on why honesty and trustworthiness is important
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