Immanuel Kant

several occasions, the philosopher was quoted to be in support of death penalty. In one of the instances, Kant observed that even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members, the last murderer remaining behind bars would first have to be executed. According to him, this would be a way of subjecting the murderer to what he deserves. In his metaphysics of morals, Kant also argues that neither a society nor a state can exist without laws. In the absence of laws, the…

Living in a civilized community means countless opportunities, jobs, friends, ideas, and beliefs that are to be respected by all. People have a right to their own personal views and belies which may contradict another’s belief on the same topic, Immanuel Kant’s article, “What is Enlightenment”, and Sigmund Freud’s book, Civilization and Its Discontents, have contradicting views on human nature and society as a whole. Human life and being active in the world is constantly changing with various…

this essay I will argue that Aristotle’s view of morality is superior to that of Immanuel Kant because Aristotle takes into account an individual’s entire life when determining if they are an ethical person, whereas Kant looks only at the individual actions. He determines morality by looking at what kind of person we should be, while Kant answers these questions by looking at what actions we should perform. Secondly, Kant argues that happiness shouldn’t be involved in the ethical decision making…

The three main types of lies are: white lies, lies to protect the liar, and lies to cause harm. Experts like Brad Blunt expresses that lies are sometimes justified, but it complicates the relationship, whereas Immanuel Kant believes that all lives are unjustified. Teens in the articles exhibit lie as being sometime, when mothers are lying to their kids lying to others is sometimes justified due to lie have cost, lies hurt the relationship, and lies can lead to deadly situations. First of all,…

Kantian perspective. In people’s lives, people use each other as a ends daily. However, Immanuel Kant expands on to this thought through the principle of humanity. The principle of humanity states treating human beings to be treated as an ends but never a mere mean. Where mere means stands for using a person as if they were a disposable object (Restrepo, “What Is the Principle of Humanity”). In addition, Immanuel Kant believes a moral action is dependent on intentions and good will. Good will is…

who happens to be hiding in your home. While it may seem rational to lie and tell the murderer you don’t know, Kant states that doing so would result in the immoral treatment of a person “as simply a means” and not “as an end in themselves.” By lying to the murderer, one would be using the murderer as a means to fulfill their own desire of saving the life of the victim. Furthermore, Kant believes that if people act in ways that can be made into universal maxims, those actions are ethical. From…

issues in social ethics. Section five pertains to the personal status. Provides a system for analyzing the key objectives of this book such as the background, key issues, and ethical arguments. Deontological response is inferred for analysis. Immanuel Kant is referred to the concept of the categorical imperative which there are no arguments that…

value. The moderate view of sexual morality is being applying to one-night stand because both parties are consenting to the act. The act is being justified to the conservative society because the individual is acting with no morals. In the other end, Kant and Mill will agree that this act can become morally wrong when adding individual moral values. The act is morally permissible as long as both parties do not add any individual value to the act. However, when one individual is not being…

Immanuel Kant is considered one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe, the last period of the Enlightenment and universal philosophy. Currently Kant continue to have effect in various disciplines such as philosophy, ethics and politics, among others. Immanuel Kant thought that the only thing that have intrinsic value is good will. Kant believed that an action is correct only if is out of the parameters of our moral duties and such actions have to be right. Kant offers the categorical…

Immanuel Kant was a memorable philosopher of the eighteenth century most famously credited by his work The Critique of Pure Reason, which played a role in the revolution of Western philosophy. In a later publish of Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant introduces Kantian ethics which consist of theories such as the categorical imperative. Unlike many philosophers of the time, Kant also bases his ethical values off reason, instead of God. Also when making decisions using Kantian…