Immanuel Kant

Kant’s theory discusses this in great detail and states, “an action is morally correct if its maxim can be willed as a universal law.” specifically, “actions that have both moral worth and moral correctness are morally good actions.”(pp.158) Moreover, Kant contended, “an act’s moral worth depends on the reason for which it is done, it is not enough that the act conforms to duty; it also must be done for the sake of duty. Moreover, “it must be done out of concern for what is morally right, not…

that the concepts of space and time are rationalist in nature. They are not learned from experience. The mind is also needed to join associated qualia into the objects we recognize. In order to do this, Kant agreed with Descartes when he stated that the mind must necessarily be a unified whole. Kant did not accept mind-body dualism however, because the idea of the soul is also formed by custom, instinct, and…

There are situations that exist throughout every facet of life where ethics can be applied. Although ethical decisions must be made all throughout the life; however, some of the most complex ethical decisions are associated with the medical field and involve the patients and treatment. Ethical theories address these issues and provide you with justifiable principles that can be utilized to assist in guiding a person in making these decisions1.These theories give justification of a person’s…

it is not the consequences of our actions, rather if our actions are ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ regardless of the outcome. One of the best known contributors to the concept of deontology is Immanuel Kant. “Seeking out and establishing the supreme principle of morality,” this is Kant’s theory of deontology. According to Kant in order for an action to have moral worth, there must be an act of right motivation, along with doing the right thing; if the act has moral worth it must be done in a sense of…

The Enlightenment was a movement that claimed the minds of a majority of liberal thinkers and was a time of political awakening that became revolutionary. Spreading throughout Europe and describing a time in western philosophy, the Enlightenment was the time scholars and intellectuals were free to speak their mind without fear of authority. Individuals of this certain time period, which was known as the “Age of Reason” spoke on fundamental concepts that were faith in nature, belief in human…

Moral theories are meant to help the people of this world figure out what is right or wrong, since there is no universal law that states such basic necessities. Utilitarianism is one of those moral theories, and it can be defined as a form of consequentialism, which states that the consequence of any action are the standards of right and wrong. The downfall to this theory is that it can be seen as impractical and not holding justice as a factor. Another moral theory is virtue ethics. Virtue…

There are doubtless many people in the world that behave morally in some aspects of life and immorally in other scenarios. They choose when to be guided by their moral compass and when to ignore it. How can a person such as this ever become a just person in society? The person can start on the path of being just by not focusing as much on following a moral compass, which may be subjective, but instead on following objective concepts central to nearly all theories of morality. These would be the…

and freedom (HRE4M1, Sept.15). Throughout this film a great massacre happens, yet there are displays of ethical behavior. This composition will focus on the display of ethics through the experience of contrast, duty, and the face of the other. Immanuel Kant theory of deontological ethics explains that we should do good because it is our duty, and not because we feel like doing good. (HRE4M1, Sept 28) Duty calls for Paul when the massacre begins. Rwanda becomes an unsafe place for Tutsi’s after…

Starting out, George Berkeley begins with having a clear understanding and characterization of common sense. He says that there are two principles by which we characterize “commonsense realism”. George Berkeley says the two principles are, “1. Things exist independently of our perceiving that they do. 2. Things have the qualities they seem to have: The rose we see is really red, the sugar on our tongue is really sweet, and the fire we approach is really hot” (Melchert 382). Previously, Galileo,…

Kant argued that all cannot account for our experience of beauty itself, as the tendency is always to see ‘beauty’ as if it were somehow in the object or the immediate experience of the object. He also argued that such a relativist view cannot account for the social ‘behavior’ of our clams about what we find beautiful. Kant introduced the idea of ‘free play’ of the cognitive faculties (understanding and imagination) to explore the implications of ‘apart from a concept’. He then related the…