In this chapter of Briggle and Mitchams Ethics and Science they touch upon the idea of consequentialism and the idea that everyone has their own morals or beliefs. Consequentialism can sometimes be seen as over the top and judgmental while someones moral beliefs are a lighter approach to the situation. The belief that everyone has their own moral compass whether directed by family‚ religion‚ or just by the societal idea of being good and following the crowd. A part of life is making decisions‚
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Hume believed that all morality was the product of habit or custom. He also claimed that it was our sentiments that was influencing human moral and actions. We use these sentiments‚ or feelings‚ to find a conjunction between the motive‚ not the reason‚ behind an action and actually performing the action itself. Hume believed that our sentiments had the power to result in specific actions. At a certain point‚ this means we are predetermined to act as we do. These sentiments control our actions to
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1.) What would Kant’s Formula of Ends require us to? Why? a. Kant’s Formula of Ends requires us to the theories of the rightness or wrongness of actions does not depend on their consequences but on whether they fulfill our duty. Human beings should be treated as an end in themselves and not as a means to something else. The fact that we are human has value in itself. This theories is require to us because in the medical field we have to be truthful towards the truth. Whatever choice the doctor would
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history is Immanuel Kant who developed the idea of the Categorical Imperative. Kant believed that the only thing of intrinsic moral worth is a good will. Kant says in his work Morality and Rationality "The good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes or because of it’s adequacy to achieve some proposed end; it is good only because of it’s willing‚ i.e.‚ it is good of itself". A maxim is the generalized rule that characterizes the motives for a person’s actions. For Kant‚ a will that
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“Kant how are imperatives possible” In this passage Kant is stating is believes about imperatives by saying that in order to make a morally correct decision‚ there is a universal law that complies with all humans that can rationally think ‚ this law is not based upon humans own desires. Kant imperatives deal with universality consequently he stated that it is immoral if a rule cannot be made into something that all humankind can follow. For example if I say "I will never keep my promises"‚ this
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CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISM Just as the verbal expression of the IDEA is the TERM‚ and that of the JUDGMENT is the PROPOSITION‚ so the verbal expression of DEDUCTIVE REASONING is called ARGUMENTATION. ARGUMENTATION is a discourse which logically deduces one proposition from other propositions. ARGUMENTATION takes the form of a SYLLOGISM. A SYLLOGISM is defined as any argumentation in which‚ from two propositions called the PREMISES‚ we conclude a third proposition called the CONCLUSION‚ which is so
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the ideals of the categorical imperative as the central concept of moral philosophy. The definition of the categorical imperative leads Kant towards the critique of pure reason arguing that without a goodwill one can’t even be worthy of being happy. Kant introduces goodwill‚ treating people as means rather than ends and doing the right thing for the right reason. Making a distinction between science and knowledge and eliminating common sense on a route to the philosophical‚ Kant defines reason as
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German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was the most influential thinker of the Enlightenment era and one of the greatest Western philosophers of all times. According to Kant‚ the Enlightenment can be defined as‚ “A person’s emergence from his self-sustained dependency.” ( What is Enlightenment? ). Kant believed that in order to break away from dependency‚ one must be able to think for himself. However‚ the only way to fully exercise freedom was to act morally. In the “Groundwork for the Metaphysics
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really skilled at something in general. While in philosophy‚ Kant defines genius as follow‚ ‘Genius is the talent (natural gift) that gives the rule to art [...] Genius is the inborn predisposition of the mind through which nature gives the rule to art’; ‘Beautiful art must necessarily be considered as art of genius’. (§46) To Kant‚ it is like beautiful art cannot live without genius‚ because beautiful art is the art of genius. As Kant mentioned‚ genius cannot be imitated‚ it is a special ability
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KANT AND EQUALITY Some readers of this essay will have become impatient by now; because they believe that the problem that perplexes me has been definitively solved by Immanuel Kant. It is certainly true that Kant held strong opinions on this matter. In an often-quoted passage‚ he reports a personal conversion from elitism: “I am myself a researcher by inclination. I feel the whole thirst for knowledge and the eager unrest to move further on into it‚ also satisfaction with each acquisition. There
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