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    What Kant means in "acting out of duty" is that one must act based on what they feel is right in their heart. There needs to be no motive or influence behind it‚ but just to act as what should be considered right. Acting out of duty is to act "out of concern and respect for the moral law" (McKinnon‚ pg.76). I think this type of acting out on a situation is based on what the heart feels‚ sympathy perhaps to a certain situation. Moral law is based on knowing what is right and what is wrong with judgement

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    Immanuel Kant created a handful of formulations regarding his system of determining morality‚ the Categorical Imperative. James and Stuart Rachels in The Elements of Moral Philosophy‚ illuminate Kant’s first and second Categorical Imperatives. While Kant claims the formulations are equivalent‚ they offer differing guidelines on how the Categorical Imperative is operated. Although the formulations share the same basis‚ the difference regarding how the formulations are adhered‚ is a large distinction

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    Kant’s Deontological Ethics Immanuel Kant is a German philosopher (1724-1804)‚ who had contributed on the arenas of philosophy‚ war‚ peace‚ science‚ beauty & geography. The word deontology is derived from the Greek word “Deon”‚ meaning duty and “tology” mean theory (Mackinnon & Fiala 2018). The base idea of Kant’s Deontological ethics is just to do our duty in any circumstances. Thus‚ a moral agent should act for the sake of good and motivated by obligation or duty‚ not for an ulterior motive. In

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    When talking about philosophy‚ there are many different theories of ethics. Some philosophers believe different things‚ or they expand on previous philosophies. Two theories in particular are Immanuel Kant’s deontological theory. This deals with the categorical imperative‚ and Elizabeth Spelman’s theory which discusses the ethics of care‚ and the ethics of justice. Although these theories are separated by centuries‚ they complement each other. Both theories discuss how to make ethical decisions.

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    "So will such that the maxim of your will could become a universal law for all men." Kant is saying your actions‚ based on good will‚ can apply to all; so that good moral judgments made can become universal for everyone. Kant believed a person’s motive‚ his intentions of an action are what decides if the action is morally right or wrong—not the end result of that action or decision. Kant’s categorical imperative approach says a person has the moral duty to do what is right‚ because it is

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    According to the Golden Rule (GR)‚ you should do unto others as you would want them to do unto you. The first forumulation of the Categorical Imperative (CI)‚ formulated by the German Philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ states one should act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction. These two rules are not the same thing as they are based on entirely different philosophical foundations. The motivation for the GR is that

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    In 421‚ Kant assets that to be a moral being‚ we can engage in actions or act according the maxim or principle in which that maxim could become by our will a universal law. This maxim or principal is applicable to everyone and I could not be of exception. According to the categorical imperative‚ we must comply with certain duties. Kant draws a distinction between perfect duties and imperfect duties. A perfect duty is a maxim‚ which one must always do. An imperfect duty shall not be ignored‚ but

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    German philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ father of the categorical imperative‚ seems to have found me in the right season of life. German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant‚ is considered by many to be a central figure in modern philosophy due to his contributions made to ethics‚ epistemology‚ metaphysics and aesthetics. Arguably‚ his most notable contribution is fathering the categorical imperative‚ a command of reason not based upon the desires of any one person. Kant also comments on various topics including

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    Immanuel Kant famously made a distinction between hypothetical and categorical imperatives.Imagine that someone told you “John is a good serial killer.” Inherent in between twointerpretations of good. Either John is very good at killing people‚ he is an effective serial killer‚or John is a vigilante serial killer who only kills other serial killers. The first of these is ahypothetical good‚ while the second is a categorical good. A hypothetical is an if-then statement.In this case‚ we mean if you

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    Looking into the definition of Kant’s Categorical Imperative‚ he points out that one should acting strictly according to a certain extent. Another way of putting it is that when a person acts‚ it should be on the basis that the action will be applied to a maxim as well as a universal law. Furthermore‚ the Categorical Imperative offers a guideline to the practicality of a concrete yet maintained action. When applying this imperative to the ethical issue of pollution and the obligation of government

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