Kantianism

This paper will discuss the differences between Kant’s Categorical Imperative, the Golden Rule, and the Silver Rule. I will begin by introducing the definition of Kant’s categorical imperative along with the three formulations that it consists of. This will be followed by an explanation of the golden and silver rule, in addition to how the origins are steeply in connect with religion. As a final point I will discuss the juxtaposition between Kant’s categorical imperative, the golden rule and…

The categorical imperative means that anytime an act is made, it must be able to stand as a universal law. It provides us with a pattern of morals that does not contain anthropological information. There are five major complaints to Kant’s theory. First, people believe that it is too hard to apply to real life. Next, it does not include enough acts that are common in real life. Also, Kant’s theory does not apply to small children or animals. Next, his theory does not take into consideration the…

Explain the aim and the argument (or one of the arguments) of the ‘transcendental deduction of the categories '. Emmanuel Kant wrote “The Critique of Pure Reason” where transcendental deduction falls under and is arguably one of his most difficult works. Of central focus in this essay is explaining the aim of the transcendental deduction of the categories with reference to one of the arguments proposed by Kant. Transcendental deduction aims to show how we can know that experience conforms to…

For this assignment I must take Kant’s Moral Theory and use it to view a proposed response to the scenario. In the given situation, I am living in a house with 8 others. We discover that because of our slim budgets, we aren’t able afford the continual rate of water usage. If we fail to pay the bill we will get evicted; in order to solve our predicament we have banded together to decrease our water consumption. The problem is: I enjoy taking long showers and watering my shrubbery. I reason that…

Immanuel Kant argued that the most important part of morality is a standard of rationality. With this being said he created something called the categorical imperative. The categorical imperative has three major formulations. Of relevance to this essay is the second formulation: “Act as to treat humanity, whether in your own person, or in the person person go another, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end.”(Dieser, 2017) This means that we should treat people the way…

An Exploration of Othello: Delving into the Mind Frame of Desdemona and Iago Immanuel Kant’s view on ethics and morality is that in order to determine if we are acting in a fashion that can be deemed moral, we have not only a duty to ourselves but others. It is duty that determines our actions. Kant establishes certain limitations and restrictions upon the notion of duty, narrowing down a definition which would allow us to therefore be able to readily distinguish “whether the action which agrees…

In “Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals” Immanuel Kant explores pure good will concepts as they relate to moral experiences. However I will only be using section I of Kant’s paper as it relates to duty and good will. I will be examining Kant’s argument of “conformity with duty” as it relates to pure goodwill. Kant argues that people believe that they are bound by the categorical imperative, which is an unconditional moral obligation that is not dependent on a person's purpose. That is,…

Immanuel Kant was prevalent philosopher who focused on the morality in his 18th century work “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals.” Here, he separates the branches of knowledge, what is inherently good, and the imperatives to guide morality. The first major premise of his Kant’s view of morality is his division thesis; it separates ethics into two groups: rational and empirical. The rational side, marked by its sole use of reasoning and logic is called morals. In contrast, the empirical…

In this essay, I would like to describe the Kantian theory and Utilitarianism theory and also my opinion according to both theories. As per the Kantian theory, main moral is to always follow your duty and responsibilities. So the duty of our situation is to go with the earlier will. While as per the Utilitarianism main purpose is to maximize happiness. So utilitarianism will do charity because it gives help to the people. But, as per my perspective, I will go to the charity. In the later part of…

Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher wrote a book called Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals that says you must live your life by abiding to a moral code, a duty that applies to every human being. Meaning that everything you do must align with what the rest of the universe would do in that same situation. That you would never be able to be rewarded for anything you do, but that what you do is to be done out of the pure goodness in your heart. That “it is not necessary that whilst [you] live…