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    the greatest good for the highest number. In Ted 's situation, utilitarianism theory explains option in paying the inspector $500.00 would be most preferable as it will maximise happiness for Ted, his employees and the inspector. Kantian Ethics Kant 's ethical theory is deontological theory. In deontological theories actions are evaluated as ethical or unethical based on one duty. Kantian ethics theory includes duty for the sake of duty

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    Immanuel Kant once argued that the rightness or wrongness of actions does not depend on their consequences but on whether they fulfill our duty. Which translates to do we as humans do things not because there 's an underlying consequence but because we are programed to do these things whether they are right or wrong. I disagree with this theory because I believe we as humans do things based on an internal moral compass within ourselves that helps us determine whether things are right or wrong. Kant

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    Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche are two widely acclaimed philosophers due to the groundwork they made towards the philosophical principles of morality. However, even though they both have openly discussed their views, they have ended up contradicting each other. Kant implied that morality is not learned, but rather predestined, whereas Nietzsche alluded to a experience based morality, or one that is learned through actions and memories. Although these two men have accepted views of morality

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    history, the two variants of egoism conceived by Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant are widely considered today to be theoretically bound and consistent. The egoism, described by Hobbes, conceives egoism as a fully psychological motive that is within the minds of all human beings, who think only of their own goals and interests and never of anyone else. On the other hand, the more standard or ethical variant, supported by Immanuel Kant, proposes that people should be motivated to a certain extent, regardless

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    This week’s reading was Immanuel Kant “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”. In this reading, he talks about the morality of people and the definition of a good being. There are multiple definitions ranges from the typical selfish acts compare to selfless ones ranging from the obvious ones of inequity to ethics responsibility. Hence, from this long complicated reading of morality, there were many questions that I had about this reading. The first question that I had was that does he believe

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    Third Paper: Kant According to Kant, an action can only be morally right when it is motivated by duty alone, as opposed to being motivated by duty and emotion combined or just pure emotion (Kant, Groundwork, 397). In order to defend this statement, I will begin with explaining Kant’s view of morality and what kind of judgments we make in order to discover what morality is and how it relates to the moral law. I will then proceed to explain how Kant defines duty and how it relates to having a good

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    Which they hadn't done anything to warrant this consequence. A consequentialist the opposite of Kant might say this was justified because of the happiness it resulted in for the 100 lives that were saved. Kant, on the other hand, believes in individual rights and duties. He would likely say that causing pain to the innocent person was wrong, regardless of whether it had positive consequences. For Kant, a given act can be required you must do it to be moral, permissible you can do it if you want,

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    Paper One: Kant on Moral Education Jennifer Penkov: 1345217 Phil 444, Dr Alan McLuckie Friday, February 12, 2016 Word Count: 1, 567 This paper will focus on Kant 's account of a moral education as found in his Lectures on Pedagogy. It will begin by discussing why Kant believed that education, specifically moral education, is necessary for a human being to realize her Bestimmung (destiny), but not necessary for non-rational animals to reach their natural vocations. It will analyze the role a moral

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    The Enlightenment thinker I have chosen Immanuel Kant. He was a German philosopher who the farthest most foremost Enlightenment thinker due to his perspective of us humans and the way we should see the style we live in. In addition, Kant was very known for his view of this world and life in general. Keep in mind Kant was a unique leader due to people rephrasing him as a indicate human beings. The three drawings I drew consist in what relates to Immanuel Kant and my justification for why too. The first

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    philosophers that impact society is Immanuel Kant; he was a philosopher in the 18th century. Immanuel Kant was born in April 22, 1724 in Kingdom of Prussia, German and died on February 12, 1804 at age 79. Philosopher Immanuel Kant composed different point of views to courage that we understand the world better. Kant is trying to tell us that there are many things that evolve around this world and that every little single element that we do makes the world what it is. Kant is well known for his work in

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