Outline and evaluate Kants categorical imperative (25 marks) Kant’s categorical ethics is a deontological theory of ethics‚ this means that the actions are either intrinsically right or intrinsically wrong‚ this is due to absolute law; the outcome of the situation is not important to Kant’s theory even if the outcome may be good. Kant has a deontological theory because he believes that you must stick to the moral rules and beliefs that you have no matter what the turn out. An example of this would
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Kant: the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative Kantian philosophy outlines the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative as a method for determining morality of actions. This formula is a two part test. First‚ one creates a maxim and considers whether the maxim could be a universal law for all rational beings. Second‚ one determines whether rational beings would will it to be a universal law. Once it is clear that the maxim passes both prongs of the test‚ there
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THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE Today’s businesses are entrenched in a great conflict. The interests of the stockholders and the interests of the populace at large seem to be in constant turmoil. On one hand‚ stockholders desire profit for themselves‚ and on the other‚ the general population does not care to be exploited by those whose sole motive is profit. This is a conflict because those who buy a business’s products tend to be in the general public‚ and they have the ability to make or break a
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FUNCTIONAL IMPERATIVES Within society is the essence of established institutionalized foundations‚ but not limited to specific associations such as prisons or schools. An institution is much wider in its comprehensiveness and bearing than an individual or organization. Categorized as social behaviour‚ institutions channel practices in the crucial areas of social life. “Institutions provide procedures through which human conduct is patterned‚ compelled to go‚ in grooves deemed desirable
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1 The Fresh Imperative – Executive Summary 4 In the rapidly changing Asian markets‚ a retailer’s Fresh Food offer is one of the most critical success factors‚ and a key competitive differentiator. Fresh Food Categories‚ such as vegetables‚ fruits‚ poultry‚ fish and meat are the critical store traffic and shopping frequency drivers that attract consumers and create additional opportunities for retailers to engage with their customers in other grocery categories. To get their Fresh Food offer
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Kant’s first imperative deals with universality and the Law of Nature. Kant states that for a moral thought to be true it must not be tied to any external conditions‚ physical or moral and should be applied to anyone (universalizability principle). Continuing‚ he states that since the laws of nature are defined to be universal‚ we can also express the categorical imperative as if our will of our rational actions would be a universal law of nature. Kant’s second imperative deals with free will and
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Kant’s Categorical Imperative: Its Application To the Moral Responsibility of the Staff of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Immaculate Conception ______________ A Research Paper Submitted to Mrs. Ruzzel L. Nazario English Department Pastor Bonus Seminary College of Philosophy ______________ In Partial Fulfilment of the Course English Requirements in English 103 (Technical Writing) ______________ by Sem. Esper Sy Manginsay October 20‚ 2012 Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative:
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Kant’s critique of Utilitarianism is that it treats people as a means not as an ends in themselves. Since he is a deontologist he presumes that there is a universal moral imperative‚ certain ways in which we must act‚ no matter what our individual desires or needs or utility might be. The Categorical Imperative is an idea of reason. This knowledge is not derived from experience but rather‚ it is a priori. It also binds us and we all act in a certain way because of it. It is unconditional. It is the
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Deontology is the ethical view that some actions are morally forbidden or permitted regardless of consequences. One of the most influential deontological philosophers in history is Immanuel Kant who developed the idea of the Categorical Imperative. Kant believed that the only thing of intrinsic moral worth is a good will. Kant says in his work Morality and Rationality "The good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes or because of it’s adequacy to achieve some proposed end; it
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Andy Ferris Energy‚ Technology and Policy Spring 2014 April 8‚ 2014 Word Count: 1‚481 + 500 The Myths of the Four Imperatives Robert Bryce poses some interesting solutions to the US energy industry. With the recent growth in production of natural gas‚ and the clear benefits of nuclear energy it is easy to see why he might come to the conclusion that those two energy resources should dominate the energy industry of the future. However the premise on which his ideas are built is severely
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