Friday, March 8, 2019
Notes on the Ethical Theories Essay
Immanuel Kant (notice that he lived in the 1700s and people likely had different views back then), a philosopher, believes that using reason, one batch make a list of estimable actions. Kant says that one must generalize the certain action he is or so to do to see if it is reasonable. For example, you ask yourself should I trim back the line in the cafeteria? The way you push aside answer this question is by asking yourself What if everyone hump the line? Of course, if that happened then there would be chaos, so you shouldnt cut the line. This also applies to stealing, murdering, and keeping promises. He basically says that everyone is equal and you shouldnt apologise your actions to yourself because you are not special and you wouldnt want others to do that to you. dainty others as you would have them treat you. Golden Rule. only if, if only you do this and no one else does you are going to get eaten up by the world. This may contradict a persons adaptability and may nega tively apostrophize to emotion you will feel like a B-. overcloud of ignorance- You have two people who love cake. Tell one person to cut a cake in half but allow the other choose which half to take. Again, Golden Rule.Kant says there is a deflexion between objects and people, you give the sack replace objects but not people. Someone bust my computer, I am sad. He buys me a new one, I am happy. I am about to die, my parents are sad. They can clone me, should they be happy? He also says that you shouldnt kill people for the great good. unless what if they were murderers or rapists arent they causing sadness, and their deaths would in fact be for the greater good?Kant sees that a persons intentions that count kind of than the final result. But what if I am helping a person, who is bad and corrupt, against a buccaneer who is only trying to feed his family, quite the dilemma. Kant uses only reasoning alternatively than emotion so that people always do what is right rather than when they feel like it. Consistency is key to his theories.Criticisms of KantMoral Absolutism You cant always not lie. What if a murderer wants to kill your daddy? Your dad hides and then the murder breaks in and asks you were he is. If you follow Kants ideas, you would tell him where your dad is. There must be some potpourri of emotion to counteract those who do not follow the philosophy of Kant. But again, Kant is saying that EVERYONE should do this, and this murderer wouldnt exist in Kants ideal world.Rule worship- To blindly follow rules without using your own knowledge. If rules can not be bent, then they should be broken. Conflicts of duty- should you steal the medicine for your end wife? Should you save your grandmother from the burning house or the define who can save many people?Moral coldness- The world would be emotionless and sad. There will be little space for joy because everything is going to be so constant and emotions will have a very small presence.Utilitari anism- Seek the greatest happiness for the greatest number.What if you could haphazard pick 10 people to die and save 100? Would you do it?You can say yes, because it logical, you use no emotion what so ever. That goes against Kant though because he says that people have dignity and you shouldnt take that away.You can say no, where you are mostly using emotion.
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