Hypothetical imperative

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…

morally correct thing to do. The rule that Kant requires for self-sufficient motives and that it applies to everyone is categorical imperative. This gives us a way to figure out moral actions and to make moral reasoning. It is a method by which to decide any action to be what might be morally important. To Kant, the moral law is universal and rational. The categorical imperative is the way of developing the foundation for any action that can fulfill universality and…

If the choice, we needed to make fit into something we would want as a universal law then it would be considered a categorical imperative. The categorical imperative could be compared to what Jesus says to us when he says” Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. Kant just wants us to stop and think before we react to a situation and wonder if it was something we would want for everyone…

Ethic Theories on College tuition In the modern society, all of the future college students work harder on their full time jobs to pay the tuition to enroll college for their major that they wanted to learn for their future after their high school graduation. Some of them don’t have a job and wanted to go to out of state college, but can’t afford and unable to enroll college. Some undergraduate college student wanted to enroll college, but they also can’t afford it. All of the tuitions are…

Kant’s categorical imperative is an ethical rule, that does not depend on circumstances, whose job is to tell us who we are. My ethical philosophy based on Kant’s categorical imperative has always been to be happy and true to myself. My personal ethical maxim, on the other hand, has always been to be considerate and kind to those around me. I was taught since an early age Aristotle 's fairness philosophy, treating equals equally and unequals unequally. My parents and siblings taught me to…

philosopher Immanuel Kant and solidified with the creation of what we know as the Categorical Imperative, which is the guiding principle for all our actions. This imperative is based on the premise of whether or not we would like your view/action or maxim to be blown up and imposed on a global scale. With this imperative, Kant provides a foundation for our moral compass. What we do must always fit within this imperative so that we can become a virtuous being and in turn become happy. For Kant,…

Utilitarianism and Kant’s deontological theory are both similar and conflicting in their own ways. The two proposals hold grounds that serve as foundational moral theories. Within utilitarianism, there is a way of quantifying pleasure and pain in order to apply the GHP. This group provides qualities of pleasure such as intensity, duration, certainty, and propinquity of pleasure. These qualities translate to how hard, how long, how reasonable, and how soon. Within ethical decision making these…

James Liang: The Morality Behind the Crime On September 18th, 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Volkswagen installed software that falsified the amount of emissions produced in over 475 thousand cars (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS). This software was used to hide the fact that their engines could not meet the United States’ strict emission standards (Viswanatha). Within the week of the EPA’s announcement, Volkswagen stated that around 11 million cars were…

In this paper, I will compare the argument Hume makes and Kant’s claim for the origin of moral motivation. First, I will look at the argument made by Hume, who argues that passion is the root of all moral motivation. Then, I will examine the claim made by Kant, who posits that reason is the origin of moral judgements. After showcasing both, I will compare the two. Finally, I will conclude by arguing that Hume’s argument for the origin of moral judgements is the stronger of the two. It is more…

(Erickson 1). The prima facie principle of privacy regarding autonomy, states that we have the ability to make our own decisions and professionals respect for autonomy encompasses any and all affected. This principle parallels Kant’s Categorical Imperative postulate “treating others as ends in themselves and never as merely means” (book.) Patients have their own rational wills and contain the ability to make their own free decisions autonomously. The prima facie principles require healthcare…