Reflection Of Immannuel Kant

In order to apply any actions in the form of Kantian Ethics a few essential items should be defined. Morality is defined as “a code of conduct that, given specified conditions, would be put forward by all rational persons” (Gert). I personally think it can be seen as any structure of thought that involves a level of rational thought and importance; according to the individual in which they see this moral as being the best or right thing to do. This

Another topic that Kant contributed to is morality. According to Kant, moral laws cannot be derived from human nature. To put it in other terms, it is not human nature that should be used as a model to how we should behave morally. Kant believed that humans do not always make the right moral decisions because human nature can be flawed at times, often times choosing an animalistic desire over doing something that is morally permissible. In addition, Kant believed that the outcome of human nature is not the central issue when it comes to knowing what is right or what is wrong. Instead, Kant believes that it each of the individual actions that should be analyzed to see if it is morally wrong or if it is morally right. Kant’s point of view about morality is different from previous philosophers, because most of them looked to human nature in order to find the morally right things to do.

The theory states one is morally obligated to act in accordance with certain set of principles and rules regardless of outcome. Within religious deontology, the principles derive from divine commandments so under religious laws one is not obligated to steal, cheat, or lie. Opposed to religious deontology, the rules or maxims in Kant’s deontological theory comes from human reason. In Immanuel Kant publication, The Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant is able to supply his readers with morality being derived from the principle of the categorical imperative. Kant introduced this imperative as for one is able to distinguish if their actions are based on self-interest or are purely

Kant states (38,) "act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature". This "categorical imperative" forms the basis of his book, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. Though at times his writing is confusing Kant lays out his logic as to what a categorical imperative is. Kant divides the book into three sections. The first explains the transition from everyday moral beliefs to the philosophy of those morals. The transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysics of morals is explained in Section II. Kant ends the book explaining how the metaphysics of morals is seen in everyday moral

2. Kant’s theory is a deontological one and is based around the idea that all humans are able to be completely rational and reasonable beings and that they do so freely. An aspect of Kant’s theory of morality is the idea that all rules and regulations should be universal. Kant’s theory focuses on the action rather than the outcome. This meaning that an action can be considered good if the initial intention was good, regardless of the outcome.

Kant was born in Germany in the Age of Enlightenment where Europe had two major events that changed it in terms of politics, social, and cultural. It was the Renaissance and the Storming of the Bastille in France and the eighteenth-century. A lot of scientists, writers, and philosophers have emerged, Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, John Locke, David Hume, Jean Jacques Rousseau, etc. These philosophers brought up new maxims, new theories that were taboo. In that perspective, Kant wrote Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, a book on Duty Ethics. For Kant, Duty Ethics is defined as a moral obligation, maxims that you cannot bind under any circumstances. The main two principles are the first principle of the categorical imperative and the second

Immanuel Kant was an atypical philosopher from the Enlightenment Era. His ethical views differed from other philosophers during the time. While most views were based on consequences, his ethical views were deontological, meaning that he judged actions based on the intention rather that the result of the action. He believed that morality should not be based on emotion, but on reason. You perform an action not because it will provide you a means to an end, but because it was reasonably right, and based on good will. Rational human beings are ends in themselves. He did not believe in the idea of a conscious, he believed that we are not born with one and that God did not give us one. However, he did believe that God gave us the ability to reason. These views are displayed in his Categorical Imperatives. Before I go over the Categorical Imperatives, I will define his distinction between a Categorical Imperative and a Hypothetical one. According to Kant, all imperatives command either hypothetically or categorically. If an action is good only as a means to something else, it is hypothetical. If an act is good in and of itself, without regard to a further end, it is categorical (Textbook, 515). Using this reasoning, you could state that most other philosopher’s views during this time period are hypothetical imperatives. Kant’s Categorical Imperatives are what he thinks members of a society should be doing. He bases his views of actions on the question of would my action make

The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) believes in the reasonable and free compliance of one’s will to follow and abide by the moral law. This position provides an ethical foundation for what is recognized as morality. For Kant, the moral value of an act is not determined from its expected consequences, but from the representation of law itself.

The principal thought that Kant presents in the second 50% of Chapter 2 is that sane creatures are "finishes in themselves." When you settle on a game-plan, Kant notes, you don't consider yourself a way to some other reason; you consider yourself the reason or "end" to which every one of your activities are coordinated. On the off chance that you anticipate that other individuals will acknowledge your thought processes, you should regard the way that other individuals additionally consider themselves more than negligible intends to different objectives. Hence your thought processes will need widespread legitimacy unless you regard the way that every normal being have natural worth, similarly as you do. The all out basic obliges you to regard

     Utilitarianism is a consequential perspective, in that, a decision in based on the effects it ----will have on society and what it will generally lead to. Also, the utility or usefulness of an action is determined by the amount of happiness that will result. Therefore, no action in itself can be deemed wrong; consequence alone are the important matter. Using this principle, one should consider the possible results of each potential action.

All these three fields tend to interrelate in an attempt to describe nature and the life we live in. Physics is also known as the ‘doctrine of nature’ since it attempts to describe almost all the happenings of life (Wood W. Allen). Physics explains phenomenon such as why does the sun come out during the day, why do we see different colors and so on. It is an attempt to describe the world and why something happens and what causes it to happen. This is why it is referred to as a ‘doctrine of nature’.

this is an example that has been used for many years although let me put this into Kant’s theoretical perspective. Someone goal is to help the poor although they do not have much themselves, so in order to get to y which is the goal an person must reason and commit x , x being he steals money off a wealthy family in order to help the needy leading him to his outcome y . Although this would be considered immoral in the categorical imperative as it is breaking 2 of the laws 1. Principal of universality and 2. The principle of humanity as an End never as a mean as he is taking money to help someone ; although of these are morally alright to do according to the hypothetical imperative.

Immanuel Kant in his work “An answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?” reflects his understanding of immaturity as the main source for not being enlighten(p.41). It is true that Kant animalized human beings ,“It is so easy to be immature” is best understood as an attack towards human beings’ because of our naiveté. It is only normal for us to apprehend knowledge from others. Immanuel Kant emphasizes on the lack of self-esteem, caring, and trustworthiness in ourselves. The lack of zeal to discover what is good for thyself and what is not. An immature person has always been known as somebody who cannot take care of himself. The immature will never seek to understand on his own but borrow ideologies from others. According to Kant immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another (WE p.41). Assuredly, we can see throughout the text that Kant is not stressing on an age or period in our lives to be able to eventually be matured enough to takes “grown up” affairs into consideration and become mature. What he really means is that we must learn how to be dependent by ourselves, Kant states” for after falling a few times they would end. certainly learn to walk ( WE p.41). However, the claim that Kant mentioned does not mean that we must learn how to become geniuses by our own instinct, this would be quite a ludicrous claim to state, but he is trying to emphasize on the fact that we take too much time to do so after we have the means and

Kant starts off making two distinctions regarding kinds of knowledge, empirical/rational and formal/material. Empirical or experience-based knowledge is contrasted with rational knowledge, which is independent of experience. This distinction between empirical and rational knowledge rests on a difference in sources of evidence used to support the two different kinds of knowledge. Formal is contrasted with material knowledge. Formal knowledge has no specific subject matter; it is about the general structure of thinking about any subject matter whatsoever. Material knowledge is of a specific subject matter, either nature or freedom. Rational knowledge is metaphysics, of which there are two branches, the metaphysics of

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher born in 1724 and died in 1804. His writings on philosophy had influence on people all over the world. Centuries later, you can still use his work as a point of reference for issues facing the modern world. His writings were such that they brought a new dimension in religion, law and history. One of his more famous writings was in the form of a paper which includes the ‘Metaphysics of Morals’ which form the basis for this paper. His view of morals is that our desires and emotions are categorically imperative, meaning that they are conscience driven. His philosophy is closely related to the golden rule which states that one should always act in accordance to the outcome that will give him the best outcome, while the categorical imperative rule of Kant seems to suggest that actions must be universal for them to be classified as either moral or immoral (Kemerling, Garth).