1. According to Kantian theory‚ was Alan Turing’s action to ‘play God’ so that ‘Britain can win the war and more lives are saved in the long run’ ethical? Why? Justify using three key principles of Kantian theory. In my opinion it is not ethical. Turning’s actions do not conform to the Kantian theory on the basis that ‘’if a conflict between duties arises‚ the perfect duty must be followed.’’ Turing’s decision not to interfere with the passenger convoy represents a conflict between duties where saving
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Immanuel (1724–1804)- Through ancient times and evolution of history ethics has always been viewed as a center of societies of mankind‚ embracing practical nature links it with many other areas of study‚ including anthropology‚ biology‚ economics‚ history‚ politics‚ sociology‚ and theology with the teaching of Western philosophers like Plato‚ Aristotle‚ or Asia with the view of Confucius‚ Lao-tzu or Meng Tzu etc. Yet‚ “ethics remains distinct from such disciplines because it is not a matter of factual
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nations receive food by the United Nations’ World Food Programme. Within his article titled "Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor"‚ Garret Hardin‚ a well-known philosopher of ecology‚ analyzes the difficulty and ultimate ruin associated with providing aid to these nations. Hardin’s argument for the preservation of well-to-do societies is embodied by his extended metaphor of each society as a lifeboat‚ with the citizens of developed nations riding calmly amongst a sea of drowning poverty-stricken
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UTILITARIAN AND KANTIAN APPROACHES TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROUPS AND OUTSIDERS All of the social and political theories discussed in the previous sections agree that good leadership must be in the interests of followers. Where they disagree is on how much inequality between leaders and followers can be justified in pursuit of the common interest. Thus far we have equated the common interest with the interests of leaders and followers alone.[11] We turn now to a second main question about inequality
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Kantian and Utilitarian Theories Kantian and Utilitarian Theories Applying philosophical concepts to social issues can test the relevance of philosophy in contemporary society. Such application may also help to resolve present-day social issues‚ as philosophy can draw light on moral concerns. In this paper‚ the Kantian and Utilitarian moral theories are applied to the Nestle advertising controversy which began in 1970‚ and which lingers
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This paper was written during the final exam for an ethics class‚ from memory. As such‚ there are no referances‚ but it still makes for a pretty good outline for a paper on utilitarian and Kantian ethical theories. With so many varying views on morals and ethics‚ trying to use reason in ethics without resorting to emotional judgments is difficult. The first stop to overcoming this obstacle is to begin by studying ethical theories. Once a good grasp of the theories has been established
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describe why I believe Utilitarianism theory should be used for talking about outsourcing and why the Kantian theory of ethics is not. Utilitarianism is an ethical approach to ethics used and started by Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham. It is considered a cost benefit analysis of decision or moral judgment. In a conflict of interests‚ the choice used is one that benefits the most amount of people. Kantian
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The Kantian Perspective Immanuel Kant created a new perspective in philosophy which had widespread influences on contemporary philosophy work. Through all his achievements in philology‚ his moral Philosophy will be discussed in this paper. According to Kant’s theory‚ moral laws relate to fairness and consistency. Both of these concepts lead to the principle of universalizability. He stated that‚ “An act is morally acceptable if and only if its maxim is universalizable.” To prove his statement he
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‘Explain Kantian ethics when applied to having the right to a child’ Kantian ethics is concerned with doing the most morally correct thing and to do something as it is our duty to do so. Kantian ethics is deontological as it is concerned with the actions rather than the consequences which mean it must also be absolute because there is no room for exception. Kant believed we all knew what it was to have moral obligation meaning Kantian ethics would be considered a priori as we all have prior knowledge
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morally permissible‚ but only in certain cases. What cases are these? Kant’s perspective believes that no human should be killed‚ no matter what the circumstances. Kant would argue not permissible. How would a Kantian argue abortion impermissible? Don Marquis raises the question how could a Kantian argue the abortion is permissible‚ if they believe that killing is morally
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