Categorical imperative

reference the work of Immanuel Kant and his theoretical development of the categorical imperative, furthermore, by implementing Kant’s ideas of good will and duty, it will become clear that Kantian ethics withholds a strict rule over the moral reasoning and actions of the individual in a social world. In the beginning sections of this paper I will briefly describe the basics of Kantian ethics, in particular, the categorical imperative and it three main formations, universality,…

Throughout this course I have studied a numerous amount of theories. In this paper I will be sharing a handful of theories that I have studied. I will also compare and contrast some of the theories. The first theory that I came across was the theory of Moral Nihilism, also called ethical nihilism. Moral Nihilism is the belief that there are no moral truths. Moral nihilism would be consistent with an atheistic, materialistic worldview with no transcendent being who informs us about what is…

James Liang: The Morality Behind the Crime On September 18th, 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Volkswagen installed software that falsified the amount of emissions produced in over 475 thousand cars (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS). This software was used to hide the fact that their engines could not meet the United States’ strict emission standards (Viswanatha). Within the week of the EPA’s announcement, Volkswagen stated that around 11 million cars were…

evaluate the first formulation of the Categorical Imperative. According to this formulation, whenever someone considers performing an action, it must be something that they would will or accept that all others do. While this formulation does have its advantages, such as that it provides justice for everyone, overall, I do not find this formulation plausible. Since every situation is different, it makes it hard to have universal rules. The Categorical Imperative is the root of Kant’s moral…

aggregate happiness would be build and delivered first. Those include clean water, shelter blankets among many other things. On the other hand, O’Neil’s approach treats every person as their own moral agent. Each person would have to go to through categorical imperative process filtering their intentions before deciding to help or not. In my opinion, this requires more thinking about benefits of your actions and even if you decide to help, you are just one person. Ultimately, one person alone…

In Saving Private Ryan, Captain John Miller and his men decide to attack some german troops. After the fight, the americans lose one of their own, and are forced to make decisions concerning their prisoner and whether they should continue the mission or not. The first decision they make is to let the prisoner go. the object is letting the prisoner go, the intention is to follow the rules of war, and the circumstance is that he may or may not have killed their friend. The second…

belief into a logical moral principle, I find it very fascinating. By bringing perspective about what my will can bring about, Kant’s categorical imperative can separate happiness from selfishness. Finding happiness does not mean I should sacrifice my perspective about everyone to obtain it. Overall, I do agree with Kant on the idea that the categorical imperative is a grand idea for a set of impersonal moral…

Our textbook define the term Deontology as, “An ethical theory that disregards the importance of consequences and focuses only on the rightness or wrongness of the act itself “ (p. G-2). In other words, regardless of the final result, is the intentionality of the act that really counts. Then, Duty is closed related to Deontology because is the basis of this theory. For Kant, Duty is something that must be obligatory and the will is your own conviction to do it with pleasure to fulfill according…

In this paper I will use the views and theories of Ayn Rand on altruism, James Rachels’ view psychological egoism and Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative in order to propose a moral theory on how we ought to behave both individually and as a society. As a frame of reference, I will first present a case on why psychological egoism applies to humans which will tie in with both individual and global morality. In the same way, I will state reasons why I believe Rand was precise in pointing out…

judgments are subjective. Immanuel Kant’s view on morality is centered primarily around his notion of duty. This duty is derived from, what he calls the categorical…