Categorical imperative

World History and Philosophy: Final Paper INTRODUCTION In the beginning, man had thoughts. He had a view of the world and he had God to walk alongside him and shape his ideas. However, there would come a time where God would no longer come down to speak directly to man and his heart. Looking through history, one can observe that men began to have new and different ideas from what God had originally intended. Man began to try to make sense of the world, of his feelings, and of God. Philosophy…

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yields maxims leading to appropriate moral judgment. For Silber, Kant does not have the problem of relating the categorical imperative to the moral context: it emerges from it. Kant’s problem is rather to make clear what the demand actually involves. Therefore, the universal formula of the categorical imperative presupposes the moral context. If we do not presuppose the categorical imperatives as a principle of the human will, the universal formula would not express any obligation at all, then…

right in this particular case. According to Kant’s theory, “all our duties, all the moral categorical imperatives, (what we should do in all situations, regardless of our wants and needs) can be logically derived from the categorical imperative” (103). When applying the categorical imperative, there are two versions needed to consider. Kant lists two criteria that scale the first version of the categorical imperative. The first: “if everyone can consistently act on the maxim (general rule) in…

discussing Kant theory on moral rules we find that he has no exception to the rule of lying. This does not change for any human depending on their social status. From a peasant to a king the outcome of breaking the rule will still be the same. Categorical imperative is an” unconditional moral obligation that is binding in all circumstances and is not dependent on a person's inclination or purpose”. (oxford dictionary, 2017) Kant expresses the CI as this, “Act only according to that maxim by…

Therefore, it is essential for Kant that one’s intention and reason play factors in determining whether an act is ethically right because one must act of duty for duty’s sake. To determine whether an act is ethically right, Kant proposed the categorical imperative to show that a person is…

others how they would like to be treated and respect the choices people make towards their everyday lives. Therefore, discrimination is wrong towards affirmative action for the reason being it violates people’s moral rights. Another version of categorical imperative is the formula of humanity as an end, which states that we should never treat someone to get an advantage for ourselves. Instead, treat someone as end to benefit…

If any rule can apply universally, it is the universal moral law. It does not necessarily be appropriate or inappropriate as long as the rules are applied in accordance with reason. In his first categorical imperative, he states, that, ‘Act in accordance with a maxim that can at the same time make itself a universal law.(GW, 4: 437/44); (Kant, 1998, p. 44). To understand Kantian moral law, one has to justify from its action, not from its consequence. For example, he says that telling lies is…

making a decision that was clear from any implicit or latent biases that would affect her ability to make a just judgement call. Although Lu came to the conclusion that she should kidnap Madison with good intention, it t would not pass Kant’s categorical imperative test. If everyone was to kidnap children from people, they feel are unfit to be parents it would not be ethical. It raises the question as to what it means to be a fit parent and who would determine who was fit or unfit. It also…