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    To achieve the goal of thriving in a world where there is a complete and undeniable direction towards moral humanity would greatly benefit society. Knowing the distinction of when you are in the right or the wrong of morality could prevent many issues that we experience in society today. Immanuel Kant crafted an impressive system known as the categorical imperative, which requires a thorough examination to truly understand its aspects. I believe it is also important to analyze the aspects of the…

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    Act Utilitarianism

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    Act utilitarianisms claim that when we are determining what to do, we should achieve the act that will establish the greatest net worth. In their perspective, the principle of unity is to do whatever will create the best overall outcome. The theory ought to be handled in certain acts to specific situations. The appropriate action in any circumstance is the one that produces more benefits and well being, than any other circumstance. A term used by act utilitarianisms is optimific, which means “to…

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    In Emanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, he provides his readers with the definition of free will. Moreover, from his definition of free will, Kant will attempt to prove that free will is the equivalence of following the set of moral laws that you would want everyone else to pursue. In this paper, we will focus on Kant’s concept of a free will, and the inferences he makes in order to prove his conclusion that free will is equivalent to following moral laws as long as the moral…

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    Maybe there are some things that are so important that they shouldn’t be up for sale. Throughout the United States many controversial topics like abortion, suicide, having premarital sex and having children out of wedlock are all giving in to the pleasure and pain. When we can be sovereign to reason and reason governs us then we are completely free. Kant’s theory stresses the importance of life; Kant believes humans are so different due to the fact that, our brains are so developed that we can…

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    What Kant means by this is one cannot do whatever they want without boundaries; there should be a set of rules that prevent one from doing such. Although this is what one desires, one has the inclination to be excluded from these laws and if one gives in to their urge to act a particular way, they wont be defined as a moral person. You have to make rational decisions, but sometimes that may not be the case. Kant believes that one requires a master, someone who will help break the urge to be…

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    In the second chapter of his work Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, author Kant discusses the idea of an imperative as it relates to moral decision making, specifically how a person will decide the right course of action in any given situation. Kant defines imperative as a demand or command of reason action. When we have a goal in mind, the imperative is the reasonable course of action that we feel we must take. Kant then distinguishes between two types of imperatives. First, he…

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    Finally, let us dissect the genius ideology that Sir Immanuel Kant wished everyone would use to have a more perfect system of government in what is now well known as the categorical imperative. Kant attentively elucidates the bases for the structure of metaphysics to morals. He presumed that there had to be a universal proposition that was “purely based on abstraction” that will direct us to the right set of principles we could use at any given time. (Kant,Cahn, 97) Characterizing two forms of…

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    Higher Power Is Unjust

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    You are walking down the street and find an envelope with contact information on the ground. The envelope is filled with about two grand.. Currently, you now in possession of two grand, and there is no one around to dispute your rights to the money, because “finders keepers”. A few moments later, you run into a stranger. The stranger is disheveled, with a panic look within her eyes. She bumps into you, dropping all the contents in her hands and purse fall all over on to the ground. She…

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    Immanuel Kant’s basis for “Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals” is an objective view into how and why decisions are made among rational beings for the furtherance of their and society’s wellbeing. Through his view in the 1700’s we can see how much of a scientific stance Kant took in journalizing his analyzation of his own and society’s morals. Kant lists five “formulations” that are involved in rational decision-making. Rational beings have utilized the “Categorical Imperative” to shape…

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    Kant’s Categorical Imperative According to Kant, we should always act according to the individual 's duty, not anticipating any consequences ahead. If each individual act accordingly, I believe that there will be less negative events occur and more positive outcomes. For example, sometimes doing negative things is wrong, such as lying. If we were to lie for a positive outcome, then it proves that if each individual act accordingly, then there will less negative outcome and it also proves that…

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