Deontological ethics

In the article "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau, the author argues "that government is best when it does not govern at all..government is best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient" (n.pag). Therefore, from this passage readers are able to decide that Thoreau believes that governments are always Practical to have. and sometimes not practical. Additionally, Thoreau continues with "I ask for, not at once no government, but at…

interests ought to count. A second argument for ethical egoism is that altruistic ethics (i.e., those that require one to help others even without benefit to oneself) requires one to sacrifice oneself for the benefit of others, and that were one to follow altruistic ethics one would have nothing to give one's projects, goals, and relationships. But those things are precisely what make life valuable; thus, altruistic ethics denies the importance of the very things that are valuable. Rachels…

Moral judgments attribute moral qualities to an action. They concern either the existence of moral qualities (qualities of virtue or of obligation) or causal relationships between those moral qualities and other objects of our experience. If moral judgments are matter of fact judgments, then there are two senses in which moral judgments may be reasonable or unreasonable, true or false. Moral judgments are false when founded on a false supposition about the existence of moral qualities or when…

Cultural relativism in the context of normative ethics in theory is a moral theory that concludes that “the view that an action is morally right if one’s culture approves of it” (Vaughn). To elaborate, the theory of cultural relativism is a response to the question “What is morally right?” The premise being every culture has different values, and the conclusion being therefore an action is morally right if one of said culture’s approves of it. For example, suppose Bob and John are discussing if…

“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not”. Oprah Winfrey’s words put the definition of integrity into its simplest form; it places the word into a realistic context that all can comprehend. The aspect that it will not be acknowledged if the right thing is done is an imperative part of integrity; one should be doing the right thing for the right reason, not so he or she looks good in the public eye. Upholding integrity can happen in…

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Good will, inclinations, and categorical imperatives are clearly addressed in the statement which the paper started off from. To act out of "good will" for Kant means to act out of a sense of moral obligation or "duty". In other words, the moral agent does a particular action not because of what it produces (its consequences) in terms of human experience, but because he or she recognizes by reasoning that it is morally the right thing to do and thus regards him or herself as having a moral duty…

Psychological egoism and ethical egoism are different in the sense that one of them is based on fact and the other is based on what ought to happen. Due to this each of these types of egoism have different outcomes that occur. Psychological egoism is the view that “all men are selfish in everything that they do, that is, the only motive from which anyone ever acts is self-interest” (72). This means that even when men are doing an action to benefit another they are “actually motivated by the…

After reading the article "Is Lying for the Greater Good Ethical" By Thomas G. Plante, it is evident that sometimes lying can be for the greater good because it can prevent other people getting their feelings hurt and being hurt physically . First the author states that, "Sometimes lying could be the more appropriate ethnical response to a ethnical conflict." "For example, if a friend of yours were to ask you "How do I look in my new outfit." "One might be compelled to tweak the truth to…

Loosely defined Kant’s deontology is that ethics should be based on consistent, logical thinking. His theory rests in the roots of duty and goodwill. He argues that one is ought to do the right thing merely for its own sake. The main concept of the theory starts with considering all possible optional actions. Subsequent concepts are: applying universality, eliminating all options that could not logically be moral standards for everyone; apply respect for persons, eliminating all options that…