The dichotomy produced by the American binary political system has provided for some interesting civil discourse. One of the more popular topics is of course the debate on how much people should care about protecting Earth 's environments. Current opinions on this matter exist in a continuum. The majority of those who believe that global warming is a real threat would say that it is a duty of Earth 's residents to work toward minimizing environmental degradation. The remainder, for nihilist reasons or otherwise, would feel no obligation to any sort of environmental sustainability cause. However, an overwhelming majority of those living in America recognize the authority of society and the Federal government. Majority rule in both of these bodies has decided
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Such standards form the Kantian 's set of maxims. It is also worth noting that one 's will is said to be pure if it is in line with their sense of duty in Kantian Duty Ethics. This formulation gives rise to an algorithm whereby acts can be judged according to their morality, which will be used in a later section to evaluate Liang and Volkswagen 's scandal.
The Kantian ethical system di ers from the rule utilitarian ethical system in that the
Kantian does not care about consequences. As long as the Kantian has acted as the previous paragraph says they should, they can be assured that they are in the right no matter what horrible and improbable disaster their acts entailed. Kantians may commit acts at that rule utilitarians would not due to the fact that the layers of rules a rule utilitarian has may give much less leeway in decision making. Now, we proceed by checking if Liang acted with a pure will, as any Kantian would, then assessing his actions under the full formulation of the
Kantian Deontology, and nally reflecting a bit on Liang 's actions from a Rule Utilitarian
Such standards form the Kantian 's set of maxims. It is also worth noting that one 's will is said to be pure if it is in line with their sense of duty in Kantian Duty Ethics. This formulation gives rise to an algorithm whereby acts can be judged according to their morality, which will be used in a later section to evaluate Liang and Volkswagen 's scandal.
The Kantian ethical system di ers from the rule utilitarian ethical system in that the
Kantian does not care about consequences. As long as the Kantian has acted as the previous paragraph says they should, they can be assured that they are in the right no matter what horrible and improbable disaster their acts entailed. Kantians may commit acts at that rule utilitarians would not due to the fact that the layers of rules a rule utilitarian has may give much less leeway in decision making. Now, we proceed by checking if Liang acted with a pure will, as any Kantian would, then assessing his actions under the full formulation of the
Kantian Deontology, and nally reflecting a bit on Liang 's actions from a Rule Utilitarian