Immanuel Kant's Four Ethical Theories

Once I read the assigned readings these are the four ethical ideas/theories I found interesting.

Reading Six Kantian Ethics was founded by Immanuel Kant. According to Kant, nothing is completely "good" because it can always be associated to something bad. As the book said, whether it be “talents of the mind", "character" or "gifts of fortune" these "things in themselves", are not good. The only thing that can be called good is good will. Good will isn't good because of what it attains even though it gets good results, but by virtue of its existence, the sole purpose to produce good. Whether it produces that good or not, it in itself is good. According to what the book and Kant say, happiness is not a product of reason but rather reason actually reduces people’s happiness. Instead, reason produces good will. Another thing Kant talks about is the relationship between a good will and duty. A good will is a will that acts for duty and actions are only moral if they are driven by duty, good will in turn. Acting when duty is the only reason to act is morally right. Duty does not have to be pleasant, just morally right. Kant believes that we should do certain things for people or for ourselves not whether it is right or wrong but rather because it is our …show more content…
In capitalist societies, people become just a piece in the puzzle when what they work for isn’t theirs and their lives are controlled by others of higher classes. When human alienation occurs, people lose their stateliness which leads to people being treated as animals. According to Karl Marx, capitalism creates a division in a society. It creates class of labor. People who were once useful and a major part of the system, suddenly become useless nobodies. Marx says that when the division of classes disappear then any problems with it disappear along with it. Also moral principles will no longer have a need to