Deontological theory

These are the three Bear necessities I’m going to tell you about , be kind, be honest, and be responsible. I hope you follow and don’t disrespect the three Bear necessities. The first Bear necessity is Be kind. Be kind means to be caring, this means that if someone is hurt help them up and ask them if they are okay. The second meaning is to be nice, this means that if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it. The third and final meaning is to be friendly, this one means to try to make friends

It begins with a presented value of intrinsic goods, through analysing the relationship between the good will and duty. He claims there is nothing that can be held be held to be good, without its limitations except good will itself. For example, an act of courage, can be an act of arrogance or carelessness unless the good will is there to correct their influence on the mind. Thereby it corrects the entire principle of action. Furthermore, the good will will is only good through its willing,

What Coyote and Thales Can Teach Us: An Outline of American Indian Epistemology by Brian Yazzie’s Burkhart uses the coyote from Native American tales and Thales from Greek philosophy as a form of metaphor towards the interpretation and use of knowledge. Brian Yazzie Burkhart book provides a philosophical argument into why the fundamental principle of how westerners perceive and understand knowledge is incorrect, in comparison to Native American philosophy. Within Native American philosophy, the

the east coast, but then those theories would be inconsistent and contradict each other. But luckily for the subjectivist, they found the perfect comeback for this critique, making it morally impossible to disagree with anyone in the process. A subjectivist can say that they personally do

Humans are differentiated from beasts due to their ability to rationalize, endure spirituality, and seek answers of the world. In thus, humans have an intrinsic value, or dignity because they are rational and moral agents. Due to this, humans freely decide what they do and what they judge is moral, in which humans demand respect. In following and understanding this, humans must treat others as an end in oneself, and not merely a means to an end. This statement is important for Kant because Kant

What does it mean to act out of sense of duty? According to Kant, we should act from respect for the moral law. To know what the moral law is, we must learn it. Categorical imperative is a rule for testing rules. Categorical imperative means: “Act only on those maxims (or rules of action) that you could at the same time will to be a universal law” (Garret, 2006). The basic require step is to: “before you act, consider the maxim or principle on which you are acting.” Then, generalize that principle

This is the most widely-used consequentialist approach in the business community as it closely relates to the familiar idea of cost-benefit analysis, as used in the Pinto Fires case. In this approach, the right action is one that creates the greatest benefit for the greatest number of people or equivalently minimizes the harm to the society. Identifying all affected stakeholders and appropriately weighing the harms and benefits of the alternatives is very crucial in properly applying this test.

Immanuel Kant was a man who believed that a man should behave in a manner in which one hopes others would follow. (Peak, Stitt & Glensor, 1998) Kant’s theory explains about the morality of the actions of a man is judged in terms of the consequences or the results of the action. Under this guideline, it stresses that people should act in a way to produce the greatest ratio of “good and evil”. Kant informs that if the action significantly contributes to the overall good, then it shall be considered

COMM 2494 (Syllogism) Major premise: Self-interest is deemed as immoral Minor premise: Most human beings act out of self-interest Conclusion: Therefore, most human beings are immoral KANTIAN DEONTOLOGY Kant believes that a person who does something because it is the morally right thing to do is especially commendable, more than a person who does something for some sort of gain. Human beings usually act out of self-interest. Whether its good or bad, we are doing it for ourselves, for someone important

The problem for Kant is that we must always tell the truth no matter what situation we are in, even if we are in a situation where we can save an innocent person from a serial criminal. In his moral, we should not lie even if we are in an extreme situation where we can get ourselves kill but he add that we can lie in where we seem to tell the truth. In an example of the murderer at the door, we have this option where we can say nothing or tell him they are free to search only if we hide the victim