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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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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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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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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CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISM Just as the verbal expression of the IDEA is the TERM‚ and that of the JUDGMENT is the PROPOSITION‚ so the verbal expression of DEDUCTIVE REASONING is called ARGUMENTATION. ARGUMENTATION is a discourse which logically deduces one proposition from other propositions. ARGUMENTATION takes the form of a SYLLOGISM. A SYLLOGISM is defined as any argumentation in which‚ from two propositions called the PREMISES‚ we conclude a third proposition called the CONCLUSION‚ which is so
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| Attempt 2 Written: Apr 6‚ 2013 12:46 PM - Apr 6‚ 2013 1:10 PM Submission View Chapter 4 Random Questions | Question 1 | | 0 / 1 point | Categorical Proposition 1F Given the categorical proposition: "Some ID cards that are not easy documents to duplicate are forgeries that are not readily available on the Internet." In Categorical Proposition 1F‚ which terms are distributed? | | A) | The predicate but not the subject. | | | | B) | The subject but not the predicate
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VARIETIES OF CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISM The previous chapter focused on the simple categorical syllogism. The present chapter deals with other varieties of categorical syllogism which in some arguments will prove useful in arriving at a conclusion. These varieties include the enthymeme‚ the epichereme‚ the polysyllogism‚ the sorites and the dilemma. The Enthymeme The enthymeme is an abbreviated or shortened type of categorical syllogism in that one of its premises or its conclusion is left unexpressed
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