Kantianism

I believe that rule utilitarianism is better than kantianism because it is reasonable to assume consequences and humans are too complex to strictly follow the categorical imperative. Although utilitarianism could use some work, the basic principles of the theory are much more practical to apply to the real world compared to kantianism. Utilitarianism and kantianism are both normative moral theories as they are methods of decision-making rules that apply principles for the right and wrong of…

judgment and their relations. Within Ethics there are many ethical theories including Kantianism and Utilitarianism. Immanuel Kant believes in Kantianism, which is where the name comes from and theorists like Bentham and Mill believe in Utilitarianism. Moral theorists use their ways of thinking to aid everyday actions and situations; they even use their theories to take their side on moral issues. Kantianism is the theory began by Immanuel Kant. According to Kant, we were given reason to…

John Stuart Mill is a philosopher who believes that ethics deals with obligations. He feels it has nothing to do with facts,science, but more on how one should act. He puts forth a supreme principle through obligation that he wants one to follow based on law. This opened up the door to exploring .how utilitarianism is different from ethical theories. There are two differences that play an important distinct role with other philosophers. Mill defends his Utilitarianism theory no matter what…

According to Kant, an actions moral worth is based off of its motive and a means to the end. “If the action be good only as a means to something else, the imperative is hypothetical; if the action is thought of as good in itself and therefore as necessary for a will which of itself conforms to reason and its principal, then the imperative is categorical…” (Kant, 434). Essentially, what Kant is saying is that if an action is necessary and has good intentions, it is categorical. If the action is…

Immanuel Kant’s Moral Theory is widely studied in philosophy and the field of ethics. In his theory, Kant expresses the ways to determine the morality of an action: examining the intentions behind the action in question is most important instead of merely considering the consequences. Moral actions, he explains, must have the intention of being consistent with duty for the sake of duty and doing the right thing; they cannot be motivated by any inclinations. Actions inconsistent with duty would…

As a pure deontologist, German philosopher Immanuel Kant was an advocate of the concept that an act may be right or wrong based on the act alone. Consequences of that act do not matter: an act is moral or right if it abides by a rule or a set of rules; otherwise it is immoral or wrong. In Kant’s deontologist ethics, he characterised imperatives—or, in other words, commands—as either hypothetical or categorical. Hypothetical imperatives are commands that are entirely voluntary in regard to a…

In chapter 7 Zack talks about different philosopher view on what is right and wrong. The first philosopher mention is Immanuel Kant and his deontological ethics. Kant’s deontological ethics surround what it means to be good. According to Zack, he is premier theorist on secular human dignity. In other words, he is one of those philosophers who believe religions should not be used to determine what is good. Kant thinks to determine what is right we must take different things into consideration.…

In his Groundwork, German philosopher Immanuel Kant seeks to ground the metaphysics of morals in concepts of pure reason. Central to his work is “the categorical imperative,” that is, the formal procedure by which all rational beings may evaluate the moral worth of an action on the basis of its universalizability. In this essay, I will examine Kant’s ethic, specifically the categorical imperative, and assess the problems that arise within it. The fundamental basis of Kant’s moral philosophy…

maintain in a pure form, not in use to achieve other purposes and fulfill the moral. (Robert Johnson, Adam Cureton. Kant's Moral Philosophy) Five, the bridge When Kant completed the <> and <>, he found an important concept in his system, such as phenomena and objects themselves, the world of experience and the transcendent world, nature, and freedom. There is a huge gap between them. So, Kant proceed to write the third criticism: <>, trying to establish a bridge for the first…

Introduction Immanuel Kant is a very famous German philosophers and an opponent of utilitarianism. Categorical Imperatives is an ethical theory developed by him, to use as a guideline for morality. There are three main formulations in this concept, which are the formula of universal, the formula of humanity and the formula of autonomous. In this paper, I am going to use Kant’s ethical theory to find directions about the morality of abortion. Besides that, I will relate the findings of my case…