Kantianism

several theories about what is right or wrong conduct, but two of the most popular ideas is Utilitarianism and Kantianism. Both set up strict methods of deciding how a person would know what the right thing to do in a situation would be. On one hand, utilitarianism claims that you can use intuition to discern what the greatest good for the greatest number of people is. On the other side, Kantianism claims that you can use reasoning and logic to discern moral obligations and rules. Each theory…

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist moral theory, where actions are judged right or wrong solely by virtue of their consequences which was introduced by Jeremy Bentham and later carried out by John Stuart Mill (Kemerling,2011). In regards to the consequences the only importance is the amount of happiness or unhappiness that was produced. In regards to utilitarianism it is believed that everyone counts as one, and no one counts as less or more than another person. And that a person should do…

Immanuel Kant’s Classic Work Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals “outlines a rationalist ethical system centered in the notion of the categorical imperative as the fundamental principle of action” (Pojman and Tramel 218). The excerpt we read The Foundation of Ethics focuses on what gives an action moral worth, Kant argues that only if we act out of a sense of duty do we find a true sense of moral worth. I find this claim to be a very interesting one because I have never thought about how…

German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhaur once said, “Compassion is the basis of morality” (Morality). As Schopenhaur’s quote suggests, morality is based in the ideas of having compassion for the wrongdoings committed against those around you, and this presence of such compassion is require to have sound morality. Morality is the acceptance and obeying of the standards of what is deemed right due to the moral expectations placed on an individual or society. In Phillip Dick’s Do Androids Dream of…

If any rule can apply universally, it is the universal moral law. It does not necessarily be appropriate or inappropriate as long as the rules are applied in accordance with reason. In his first categorical imperative, he states, that, ‘Act in accordance with a maxim that can at the same time make itself a universal law.(GW, 4: 437/44); (Kant, 1998, p. 44). To understand Kantian moral law, one has to justify from its action, not from its consequence. For example, he says that telling lies is…

Kant's first formulation of the Categorical Imperative is that of universalizability. When someone acts, it is according to some rule, or maxim. For Kant, an act is only permissible if one is willing for the maxim that allows the action to be a universal law by which everyone acts. Maxims fail this test if they produce either a contradiction in conception or a contradiction in the will when universalized. Kant believes that all moral judgments must be universalizable. That is, if we say that…

In Immanuel Kant's moral theory, the consequences of an action do not determine its morality, but rather it is the intentionality and sense of duty that is felt before an action is done which determines a good moral conscience. Kant introduces this process of classifying what is moral through the categorical imperative which calls people to, “act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that is should become a universal law” meaning that one ought to only act according to…

BUSSINESS ETHICS KANTS ‘SECOND FORMULATION OF THE CATEGORICAL IMRERATIVES COMMANDS Kant held that certain acts i.e. theft, cheating and murder were totally illegal and It doesn’t matter whether the action brings happiness to the doer. He further argued that every time we decide to take an action, we should ask ourselves; do I agree every act of a person is right? If the answer is no, we must not take the action. Another question that we must ask ourselves is, does everything I do value human…

The question for this both Kant and Mill focus on is: is there absolute moral rule? Kant and Mill provide different perspectives on this question. Kant is a believer in absolute moral rule, whereas Mill is not a believer in it as he believes there are exceptions to moral rule if it maximizes happiness. I agree with Mill, I do not think there is not absolute moral rules and to determine if something is right dependent on the consequences. When coming up with this view, I based it on my own…

This brings Immanuel Kant’s ethical theory of the Categorical Imperative, which is based on three rules. First, someone must refer to a maxim in everything he does and test if this maxim can be a universal law, in a way that everyone else agrees on it. Second, every human being is priceless and has ““value beyond price”, so no human could use another to accomplish a self-interested task.” (Woolsey, 2010). The third golden rule is to treat others as they want to be treated. (Wood, 2007). Focusing…