Immanuel Kant has left a large footprint in the philosophical communities. This 17th century philosopher is most famous for the concept of the “Categorical Imperative”. This theory has greatly changed the ways an individual may think about a given situation. To understand the development of this subject, it is important to inspect certain aspects of Kant’s life and to fully understand where it began to unfold. The Path, a novel written by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh, brought to light some situations and implications where Kant’s logic could be tested. The Categorical Imperative is essential to understanding the ethical procedures to any given situation.
Born in 1724 Kant grew up in the small town of Konigsberg, East Prussia. He was born to Johann Georg Kant and Anna Regina Reuter becoming their sixth child out of …show more content…
You answer it and there you find the man who wants to kill Bob and in turn asks if he is home. This is an extreme example of Kantian ethics. If you say that he is in fact not home, you are lying and therefor stating that all lies are ok. It does not matter how good the reason is. If you say yes, you are following Kantian law and morally good. 0
Consider that you said that no he is not home, and Bob sneaks out the back incidentally running into the gunman and getting killed. His death is now on you. If you were to say that he was in fact home and the gunman came in looking for him, his life would have been spared. This is the ethical contradiction.
Kant also believed that it was wrong for a human to use one another for their own means because they were also human and lead a life of their own. It is at this point that it depends upon ethics and how it affects someone. You may use a cup to hold your coffee but when it breaks you dispose of it. Kant deemed that this was ok because it did not have dreams and aspirations unlike human
Born in 1724 Kant grew up in the small town of Konigsberg, East Prussia. He was born to Johann Georg Kant and Anna Regina Reuter becoming their sixth child out of …show more content…
You answer it and there you find the man who wants to kill Bob and in turn asks if he is home. This is an extreme example of Kantian ethics. If you say that he is in fact not home, you are lying and therefor stating that all lies are ok. It does not matter how good the reason is. If you say yes, you are following Kantian law and morally good. 0
Consider that you said that no he is not home, and Bob sneaks out the back incidentally running into the gunman and getting killed. His death is now on you. If you were to say that he was in fact home and the gunman came in looking for him, his life would have been spared. This is the ethical contradiction.
Kant also believed that it was wrong for a human to use one another for their own means because they were also human and lead a life of their own. It is at this point that it depends upon ethics and how it affects someone. You may use a cup to hold your coffee but when it breaks you dispose of it. Kant deemed that this was ok because it did not have dreams and aspirations unlike human