or her. And this is Kantian theory that focuses on interior motivations. The second formulation Kant gives of the categorical imperative is this: "Act in such a way that you always treat humanity‚ whether in your own person or in the person of any other‚ never simply as a means‚ but always at the same time as an end." Or never treat people only as means‚ but always also as ends. I think Kantian theory has its advantages and disadvantages like utilitarianism because Kantian theory can set them
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Kantism is a theory of duties. According to Kant‚ human will is a good will because we can make decisions based on the reason alone and our morality is grounded in logical reasoning. Today‚ I spent the day making decisions as if I was a Kantian. It was definitely a challenging day. We had a chemistry assignment due on Monday. One of my friends asked me for help with a question. Even after sending the answer and explaining how I got the answer‚ she was not able to understand it. Although I had a
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your ethical stand and the following examines the trolley problems from the view point of Kantian and Utilitarian ethics to determine how each theory applies‚ and what the answer would be according to the ethical standards set forth by each. Kantian ethical practices mandate that an individual cannot chose a course of action that causes them to become immoral (Wall‚ 2008). Therefore‚ when following Kantian ethics‚ the answer to both of the trolley problems is‚ no. If the individual were to divert
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Lethal Sex: Conditions of Disclosure in Counseling Sexually Active Clients with HIV Elliot D. Cohen‚ Ph.D. The present HIV pandemic presents challenges for mental health practitioners who‚ in the course of therapy‚ sometimes become privy to confidential information about potentially lethal sexual relationships ongoing between the client and one or more uninformed partner(s). In this lecture I will discuss the current professional/legal status of making disclosure in such cases‚ and
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Within the subject of ethics‚ there are many concepts‚ arguments‚ and ways of life that are pretty straightforward‚ but ethics can dive into the very deep thoughts into the ways of life and how people should encounter some of the things life throws at us. Ethics might not have the answers to many problems; but based on some of the ethical theories‚ people can begin to think and ponder these problems. Torture is agreeably a touchy or disturbing subject for most and is shunned upon or seen as very
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a) Explain with examples Kant’s theory of Categorical Imperative Kantian ethics is a deontological‚ absolute theory proposed by Immanuel Kant in the late 1700’s. Kant taught that an action could only count as the action of a good will if it satisfied the test of the Categorical Imperative. The categorical imperative is based around the idea to act solely for the sake of duty. For example‚ you should share your sweets because it is a good thing to do; not because it makes you feel good. Consequentially
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considered for the manufacturing company will have to consider saving on the cost of production by getting cheap labour and giving cheap labour cost to the people labour and debate on the Rawls’ theory of justice‚ or to follow the ethical theory of Kantian that is not to use child labour for its against human rights to not respect the children rights. In Rawls’ theory of justice towards child labour is that sometimes it make sense to trade off some parts of the child’s life for the sake of making
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happiness by not having any bad publicity or bad financial occurrences due to selling contaminated foods. Kantian ethics Under Kantian ethics‚ Kate should report to the FSA. Selling or let someone to consume contaminated milk is not acceptable. So if everybody in the food industry does the same thing‚ what would happen to the entire society‚ who consumes those foods? In this sort of situations Kantian expressed that the Universal acceptability which people should not make
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general approaches in examining a moral issue and making a decision‚ those being consequentialism‚ deontology and virtue ethics. The essay does not clearly indicate which method was used to assess the situation. In my opinion‚ the best method would be Kantian deontology. Let us discuss consequentialism first. Consequentialism focuses on consequences as the most important factor in the decision making process (Donaldson 3). For consequentialists the motives of an act are not as important as what comes
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Deciding if an action is moral can vary greatly depending on which theory is applied in order to make a decision. A Divine Command Theorist would evaluate morality by consulting religious or sacred texts and by possibility consulting a religious authority on said texts. Through this approach the Divine Command Theorist would be looking for guidance from the “word of God” on the matter. A Natural Law Theorist on the other hand would attempt to decide if an action is moral by deciding the action’s
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