Act as if the principle of your action is the universal law of nature through your will (Rohmann, 1999). This idea really sums up Immanuel Kant‘s view of ethics. Kant suspected that ethical decisions should be based more on the motivation of the decision than on the benefits or rewards of the action. I think […]
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Immanuel Kant was a powerful philosopher who placed moral dignity in the good intention of a person in an action, rather than in the consequence of the action – this kind of ethics which pertains to duty and obligation rather than practicality is known as deontological ethics. The moral law, which every objective reason, according […]
In 1785 Immanuel Kant wrote his Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. Within his work is his theory known as the Categorical Imperative. This view is very straightforward and not difficult to understand as some other ethical philosophies can be. To use the categorical imperative, simply makes the most of. It is the most […]
First, utilitarianism must be defined. Utilitarianism is a moral theory that incorporates welarism and consequentialism. Consequentialists believe that it is only good that things lead to good outcomes (happiness), and consequentialists believe that only the goodness of the outcomes of an action is morally relevant, not the action that leads to those outcomes. Combine, then, […]