Lifeboat ethics

III. The Life of George In this section, FOH demonstrates that both the mugger and doctor subordinate George’s humanity. The former subordinates George’s humanity by overvaluing self-interest, and the latter subordinates humanity’s value by promoting George’s self-interest, and ignoring his reasoning. (Case A): George v. The Mugger Unlike deceitful promising, mugging is transparent. George knows that he would die if he refuses to hand over the money. George also knows that the mugger is…

I. Formula of Humanity (FOH): False Promises Fail to Value Humanity as an End in Itself: Promises are invitations of trust involving two reasoners: promisors and promisees. Promisors offer trust by uttering “I promise”. Promisees are recipients of promises that accept trust and reason accordingly. Deceitful promises are false invitations of trust. Deceitful promisors falsely offer trust. Deceived promisees unknowingly accept false invitations of trust and reason accordingly. Kant argues that…

Kafka’s story "In the Penal Colony" - as a symbolic historical meditation on the origins of punishment, can be demonstrated by comparing certain aspects of this story to Nietzsche’s essay "On the Genealogy of Morals" - which offers a historical account of the origins of punishment and justice. Nietzsche’s essay discusses how humans transform from pre-civilized, e.g., humans in their primal state with little regard for social-obligations; to civilized, e.g., those who comply and conform to the…

Blackmore and Gladwell each have different views of change. Blackmore agrees to social change whereas, Gladwell opposes any changes through social media. Gladwell makes a point in Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted of social media can be helpful in a variety of situations, but disagrees with the use for activism (Gladwell 137). He does not agree that activism through social media can make a real change or real sacrifice than unless it is with people you really know (Gladwell…

M1: Justify the use of adjudications and incentive schemes in relation to addressing offending behavior and the maintenance of control. M2: Analyze how developing positive relationships and addressing offending behavior benefits the individual and society. A prison’s sole purpose is for retribution, incapacitation, deterrence and rehabilitation. When an individual commits of crime/offence against the laws put in place by society and is charged for their crime; the prison system is used to…

Harry Frankfurt is a trained analytical philosopher. Analytical philosophy is characterized by a special concern for clarification of concepts. In his interview, Frankfurt mentioned that respect for the truth and concern for the truth were among the foundations of civilization. However, from his observations, Frankfurt established that there was a lack of respect and concern for the truth in the writings that were being produced in his time. The concept he believed that was widely used yet…

The utilitarianism and deontological ethical theories can be used to explain the solution to the ethical dilemma of pushing sales versus demeaning the body image of a consumer. The utilitarianism theory posits that the greater good is the only concern and that the right course of action would lead to the least amount of pain or the greatest pleasure. As such, the theory takes into account the majority instead of the minority. Most advertisements and promotions get considerable share of…

Thanks for the Feedback Summary In chapter one, author Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen address the three triggers that block feedback. There are three common triggers. Truth, relationship, and identity. The truth triggers are caused by substance of feedback. This truth triggers leave us feeling wronged, exasperated and unhelpful. They discussed relationship triggers that are caused by a certain person who giving us gift of feedback. We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how…

Libertarian’s View on Abortion I think Harry Browne spoke of libertarians the best, “abortion is a sensitive issue on which reasonable people can differ”(“The Libertarian stand on abortion,”Dec. 21,1998). The statement for Mr. Browne sums up libertarian’s view on abortion well. Libertarians are not going to tell you whether it is totally right or wrong to have an abortion. They will offer hope to people on either side of the issue. The only thing from research that I really found out from Mr.…

Pokémon Go. Two words that when brought up spark controversy. Some feel that Pokémon Go has no benefits while others feel that it is beneficial. Pokémon Go helps improve the mental and physical health of players due to it makes users walk a lot, it brings people together in real life, and it is educational (New York Times, 2017). There are many goals of this game and the most important one is that when playing is to catch all of these characters. In order to do so this, one must walk around…