Alexa Musselman
PHL 102:006
Analytical Paper #1
November 21, 2016
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is established on the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. Each article is put into place to ensure human rights are protected for all people and nations. The United Nations and States vowed to obey the rights of the people. The claims that are made in the articles go hand in hand with several ethical terms. For example, Utilitarianism, The Categorical Imperative, Virtue Ethics, Social Contract Theory, Natural Law and Feminist Ethics.
According to Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism is about morality making the world as happy as possible, not about pleasing God (Rachels and Rachels 99). …show more content…
“Act only according to that maxism by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law” which is stated in The Element of Moral Philosophy by the Rachels (Rachels and Rachels). In other words do not do to others that you do not want done to you. For example the act of lying should not be done because it is not morally okay to do. Immanuel Kant saids that lying is “the obliteration of one’s dignity as a human being” (Rachels and Rachels). The second way Kant explains categorical imperative is “Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an end and never as a means only” (Rachels and Rachels 139). An example from The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is article four which declares that no one is be to held in slavery. This is because slavery violates Kant principle to treat individuals as a …show more content…
Hobbes claims that does not depend on God, natural purposes, and selfish human. In our society we need moral rules in order to get benefits of social living. Jean Jacques Rousseau also had a say about the contract. He declares “we become different kinds of creatures when we enter civilized relations with others” (Rachels and Rachels 84). The contract is based on morality and government. Morality is to make social living possible; Government is to enforce vital moral rules. It is summarized by the Rachels by stating, “Morality consists in the set of rules, governing behavior, that rational people will accept, on the condition that others accept them as well” (Rachels and Rachels 85). The theory of the social contract is present in article four which proclaims that slavery is not tolerated under any
PHL 102:006
Analytical Paper #1
November 21, 2016
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is established on the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. Each article is put into place to ensure human rights are protected for all people and nations. The United Nations and States vowed to obey the rights of the people. The claims that are made in the articles go hand in hand with several ethical terms. For example, Utilitarianism, The Categorical Imperative, Virtue Ethics, Social Contract Theory, Natural Law and Feminist Ethics.
According to Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism is about morality making the world as happy as possible, not about pleasing God (Rachels and Rachels 99). …show more content…
“Act only according to that maxism by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law” which is stated in The Element of Moral Philosophy by the Rachels (Rachels and Rachels). In other words do not do to others that you do not want done to you. For example the act of lying should not be done because it is not morally okay to do. Immanuel Kant saids that lying is “the obliteration of one’s dignity as a human being” (Rachels and Rachels). The second way Kant explains categorical imperative is “Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an end and never as a means only” (Rachels and Rachels 139). An example from The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is article four which declares that no one is be to held in slavery. This is because slavery violates Kant principle to treat individuals as a …show more content…
Hobbes claims that does not depend on God, natural purposes, and selfish human. In our society we need moral rules in order to get benefits of social living. Jean Jacques Rousseau also had a say about the contract. He declares “we become different kinds of creatures when we enter civilized relations with others” (Rachels and Rachels 84). The contract is based on morality and government. Morality is to make social living possible; Government is to enforce vital moral rules. It is summarized by the Rachels by stating, “Morality consists in the set of rules, governing behavior, that rational people will accept, on the condition that others accept them as well” (Rachels and Rachels 85). The theory of the social contract is present in article four which proclaims that slavery is not tolerated under any