hey their im an acoountantAssignment 2: Student Name: Allan Wade Conradie Student Number: 53759729 Step 1: Evaluating Whitey Basson’s income for 2010 using Kant’s Categorical Imperative 1. State your proposed act as a maxim: “I will take ZAR 620 000 000 when I’ve done a year’s work in order to get really‚ really rich.” 2. Restate this maxim as a universal law: “All people (7 billion of them) will take ZAR 620 000 000 when they’ve done a year’s work in order to get really‚ really rich.”
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Deontological ethics (Kant) key concept Categorical imperative- Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that is should become a universal law. What is the maxim that I am acting and should it be universal. (Apply it rationally) Ex. Person wants to cheat on the test based on the reason to pass and tries to make it a universal law‚ everyone cheats on the test. Borrowing- the maxim I will act on is lying saying that I can pay it back and then I would see if it could be universal
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Kant believes that if people have both the virtue which is having the strength to resist bodily inclinations and happiness they could have a good life if they are doing what is right. In Chapter 9 “Are There Absolute Moral Rules? Immanuel Kant expressed the “Categorical Imperative” by saying: “Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law”(p.124). He expressed that “Categorical Imperative” is to do what is right
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Kantian and Utilitarian point of view. Kant deciphers his ethical questions by examining a person’s motivation for performing an act regardless of the consequences. A person who utilizes the Kantian view believes that the only pure good is pure human reason without consequences. This pure human reason works without the influence of human emotions and desires. A truly good act as defined by Kant is performed because of an obligation to the categorical imperative. The objectives and personal agendas
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Ethical Manifesto COM450 Communication Ethics University of Phoenix Ethical Manifesto Categorical Imperative and Golden Mean are the models of ethical decision making that most mirror my own ethical decision making practices. Categorical Imperative closely models my own ethical decision making practices. Its moral universalism has been widely influential on equality and human rights. When faced with an ethical decision‚ I try to weigh what is best for me and what is best for all parties involved
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result of that action‚ but it is really not that simple (pg 743). There are marginal humans who pleasure cannot be measured for. Then there is Kant’s theory which is about duty and following said duty. The duty that Kant talks about is a categorical imperative. Categorical imperative is assumed to always be the right choice given every situation‚ but that is not always the case. Thus‚ neither theory is very compelling because there are many example of each where they contradict themselves or do not
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This paper is a condensed reaction to philosper Immanuel Kant theory on ethics. It expresses my observations and instinctual feelings concerning the philosophers statements on how man should behave. It discusses the major points of the philosophers statement. Reaction: Kant’s Moral Cans Pamela L. Atchison Concordia University Texas 04.15.13 . Initial viewing of the Sandel lecture about the nineteenth and twentieth century
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Samantha Teem 010104520 Phil 103 Final Exam 1A. According to Kant‚ good will is the only thing that is absolutely good without qualification. Good will is the only thing that is unconditionally good. Good will is what makes all other good things truly good. Things can be good‚ but not without qualification. The will is good because the intention itself is good‚ rather than a desired result or some outside reasoning. All in all it is the honest and unselfish intention of a will. 1B. Aristotle believed
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by higher or lower pleasures?). How certain are we that our action will maximize happiness?) * Utilitarianism does not care about my motivation. If I am maximizing happiness‚ then I am doing what is right. Kant: * Remember to consider both forms of Kant’s categorical imperative (if applicable). * Universal Law: “Act only under that maxim that you could at the same time will to become universal law.” (follow
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