effects/harms. As Kant says‚ “Something is only good if it can become a universal law”(BBC Ethics‚ Philosophers on Lying‚ Immanuel Kant). This statement goes a long way as a society based solely on lying cannot exist. This is because there can never be a serious conversation as a person will never know whether to take someone seriously. Another example of this is a line from Immanuel Kant‚ “A lie…always harms mankind individually‚ ‘for it vitiates the source of law’ ”(Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant‚ Line
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Kant stats” if I have a book that thinks for me‚ a pastor who acts as my conscience‚ a physician who prescribes my diet‚ and so on then I have no need to exert my self”(203). Kant believes that some have let themselves become minors because they do not know how to think for themselves; they reply on the guidance of other because it’s easier than living for one’s self. Kant wants to get rid of this way of thinking‚ he wants to create a
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our moral agenda‚ which more often than not will cast misery upon others. Again free will decrees that we have the ability to act freely‚ to do and say as we please but our sense of morality prevents us from doing so as our words and actions may cause harm or discomfort to others. However my decision to refrain from “acting freely” is only a moral one if I have freely chosen to make such a decision. A tainted view of morality can‚ and has‚ in the past been detrimental to society. “Religious wars
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Explain with examples‚ Kant ’s theory of the Categorical Imperative Kant believed that there is an ’objective moral law ’ this meant‚ he did not depend on a point of view. If there is a moral law there is a duty to obey this law. To act morally‚ it is necessary to have a good will for example to help someone just because it would be the right thing to do in the certain situation. Morality is made up of ’categorical imperatives ’ meaning that you should do something simply because they are the
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Canada’s treaties with the Native peoples were not extremely freely negotiated. Firstly‚ the Canadian government’s intention of the treaty was quite well-known. Obviously‚ they wanted to take the land which belongs to the natives’. In order to achieve their ambitious goal‚ they took advantage of the decay of the bison. Clearly‚ the Canadian government knew what the natives thought: they were losing their main source of food and they were willing to negotiate with the Canadian government. The Canadian
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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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Ethics essay – Kantian ethics a.) Explain Kant’s concept of duty Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was concerned with producing an ethical theory that was logical and absolute‚ and did not change depending on the situation‚ countering the views of John Locke and other empiricists of the time. His ethics are based on duty‚ rather than looking at the end product of an action. He thought that his theory was so important that it could be rivalled with the Copernican revolution‚ in that it would
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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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Why do some liquids flow more freely than others? Liquids vary in their viscosity (resistance to flow). A definition of viscosity; “Viscosity is a measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow. It describes the internal friction of a moving fluid. A fluid with large viscosity resists motion because its molecular makeup gives it a lot of internal friction. A fluid with low viscosity flows easily because its molecular makeup results in very little friction when it is in motion. Gases also have viscosity
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of Morals challenges traditional moral perspectives with abstract concepts that are explained with great depth. Section three of Kant’s philosophical work introduces the concept of freedom as the key for an explanation of the autonomy of the will. Kant interprets freedom as a means to acting without the restrictions of personal emotions‚ desires‚ and the influence of the external world. In my essay I will prove that Kant’s account of the concept of freedom is significant because it encourages individuals
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