In the recently released tv shows called thirteen reasons why was about following the life of a high school girl that had committed suicide. She recorded thirteen audiotapes with each add a reason to her suicide. Hannah left these tapes behind for her friend who delivers them to all the characters, who each had a part to the reason why she took her life.
Before comparing this show to Kant’s Categorical Imperative, we need to understand the theories first. Kant's Categorical Imperative is “Act as you would want all other people to act towards all other people. Act according to the maxim that you would wish all other rational people to follow, as if it were a universal law” . Categorical imperatives are commands you must follow, regardless of …show more content…
Like the whole point of studying is to get a good grade and the whole point of working is to get money. We should purse to happiness or what makes us happy like money or whatever that is for you. The principle of utility is that “we should act always to produce the greatest good for the greatest number” like choosing the action that would produce the most overall happiness for the group, even though it could be less happy for you than what the other alternatives could have done. Like choosing a car, if a dad wanted a small fast car that would only fit 2 people in it would make him happy but not the rest of the family, so he would have to choose another option that would fit the family to make them …show more content…
Which emphasizes an individuals character rather than following a set of rules. If we can focus on being good people, the right actions will follow. Everything has a proper function and its good if it fulfills what its supposed to and bad if it doesn’t. Like a phone, if it can’t call then its bad. So being virtue is doing the right thing at the right time in the right way. Virtue is a good behavior and its just the right amount between deficiency and excess and the right spot to be is called the golden mean . So, for example if your friend is being beat up then you need to have courage to help him. So, don’t be stupid and run in and fight and then end up hurting yourself but also don’t just sit there and do nothing. The right answer is to respond to the situation is to know the right way to take
Before comparing this show to Kant’s Categorical Imperative, we need to understand the theories first. Kant's Categorical Imperative is “Act as you would want all other people to act towards all other people. Act according to the maxim that you would wish all other rational people to follow, as if it were a universal law” . Categorical imperatives are commands you must follow, regardless of …show more content…
Like the whole point of studying is to get a good grade and the whole point of working is to get money. We should purse to happiness or what makes us happy like money or whatever that is for you. The principle of utility is that “we should act always to produce the greatest good for the greatest number” like choosing the action that would produce the most overall happiness for the group, even though it could be less happy for you than what the other alternatives could have done. Like choosing a car, if a dad wanted a small fast car that would only fit 2 people in it would make him happy but not the rest of the family, so he would have to choose another option that would fit the family to make them …show more content…
Which emphasizes an individuals character rather than following a set of rules. If we can focus on being good people, the right actions will follow. Everything has a proper function and its good if it fulfills what its supposed to and bad if it doesn’t. Like a phone, if it can’t call then its bad. So being virtue is doing the right thing at the right time in the right way. Virtue is a good behavior and its just the right amount between deficiency and excess and the right spot to be is called the golden mean . So, for example if your friend is being beat up then you need to have courage to help him. So, don’t be stupid and run in and fight and then end up hurting yourself but also don’t just sit there and do nothing. The right answer is to respond to the situation is to know the right way to take