individual. Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative helps understand the way this relationship of an employer and employee be viewed. Introduction Imannual Kant’s ethical and moral theory is an established and a very well-known fact and is considered to be important. Kant’s ethical theory is also known as “respect for persons”. Kant calls his basic moral principle‚ as the “Categorical Imperative”. An imperative is a command. The concept/idea of a categorical imperative can be understood and easily
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have been developed‚ that one can take in order to resolve the issue of euthanasia; but the positions I will be looking at in particular‚ are the positions based on John Stuart Mill ’s ’Utilitarianism ’ ethical theory‚ and Immanuel Kant ’s ’Categorical Imperative ’ ethical theory. According to Utilitarianism‚ euthanasia can be morally justified‚ whereas according to Kantianism‚ euthanasia is not morally justifiable; but I will argue that neither position provides an adequate resolution to the issue
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Week 8 Tutorial: Corporate Approaches to Responsible Business (Assessed) Critical Reflection: Question 6 (Shaw et al textbook‚ pp.198-199) Read the Kellogg case before your tutorial and prepare typed answers to the following questions. Question 1 : Do you think that Kellogg’s CSR statement is sincere‚ or is the company merely trying to convince stakeholders that it is a socially responsible company? Explain. Answer: CSR statement of Kellogg has deceived the public as their products has been
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There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead on the tracks there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are some distance off the tracks on a footbridge standing next to a very large or fat man; we will call him the portly fella. You can push the man off the bridge‚ and his body will fall onto the tracks and stop the trolley from killing the five people‚ but will kill the portly fella. You have two options: (1) Do nothing
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Kant’s ethical theory is a person should not use another as a means to satisfy a personal desire and that morality is based on universal rules much like what is referred as the Golden Rule. The principles of Kantianism have hypothetical and categorical imperatives. We have a duty to ourselves and to others and while we have the ability to rationalize‚ our actions are not always rational. When using another as a means it should be without coercion or lying and the end should be such that they would be
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Introduction A real knowledge‚ one ought to know‚ goes along with the morality of such knowledge. In so much‚ before one can be admitted or introduced into a particular area of study‚ one must be acquainted the morality or the value of such field of study. For this same reasons‚ morality is very crucial in the day-to-day activities of human existence and in all frontiers of knowledge. The branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality and value judgment which concerns itself with habits
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Paper #1 In A Critique of Utilitarianism‚ Bernard Williams argues that when following a Utilitarian approach for moral dilemmas‚ Utilitarianism might have us sacrifice or modify our moral integrity. Williams explains this argument with a hypothetical execution situation with protagonist Jim. Jim‚ who is a botanical expeditionary‚ accidentally wanders in the central square of a small South American town. There‚ he finds twenty Indians tied up in a row‚ with several armed soldiers standing in front
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theory is deontological and focused on the idea of a moral law. Explain that moral statements are a priori synthetic. Explain Kant’s understanding of good will and duty and show that they are linked. More importantly you need to explain the categorical imperative and the three formulae. 1 Universalisability 2 People must be considered as ends in themselves 3 Kingdom of ends. A good answer will include examples‚ either Kant’s own or simple alternatives. Immanuel Kant was an eighteenth century
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action would be morally reprehensible. However‚ if the same action was taken against a dog‚ who is incapable of reason‚ then there would be not moral significance behind the action. The categorical imperative is expressed in four ways. In this paper‚ I will describe the first two expressions of the categorical imperative. the first expression‚ The Formula of Universal Law‚‚ states that an action is morally permissible if the maxim‚the principle behind an action‚ could become a universal law.. For example
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Ethics 1010-027 4/1/13 Essay Assignment #2 Kant: Grounding for Metaphysics and Morals Immanuel Kant states that the only thing in this world that is “good without qualification” is the good will. He states the attributes of character such as intelligence‚ wit‚ and judgment are considered good but can be used for the wrong reasons. Kant also states that the attributes of good fortune such as health‚ power‚ riches‚ honor‚ that provide one happiness can also be used in the wrong way (7). In
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