Essays on Categorical imperative

Kant’End Matchs Begin Match to source 1 in source list: http://sguthrie.net/kant.htmcategorical imperativeEnd Match forms the basis of moral justification. His categorical imperative defines core his moral philosophy. Kant’s ethical theory lies on the fact that whether the action is morally right or wrong. Kant has proposed a method for determining morality of an action. Whether…

In his article “Ethics of Belief,” William K. Clifford makes a number of assertions about beliefs that are untenable. Clifford’s ultimate conclusion is that it is “wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone to believe anything upon sufficient evidence” (Clifford, 280). Presumably Clifford means it is ethically or morally wrong since his article deals with ethics….

John Stuart Mill (1808-73) believed in an ethical theory known as utilitarianism. There are many formulation of this theory. One such is, “Everyone should act in such a way to bring the largest possibly balance of good over evil for everyone involved.” However, good is a relative term. What is good? Utilitarians disagreed on this…

Schopenhauer objected to the metaphysics of Kant, and yet he is classified as a Kantian. I argue that the conventional designation is a valid one, and that objections put forward by Schopenhauer are only semantic in the end. Schopenhauer finds Kant’s philosophy couched in absolutist terms, and this he finds to be inhuman, and not…

The Situation As earlier mentioned, the case involves Mr. Romulo Bernas, a staff assistant in Prime Shipping Inc. , who earns a salary enough to support his family. He is directly reporting to a manager and has no fixed job description. He also works closely with Mr. Jose Narciso, a former New People’s Army member…

Introduction to the Nestle Baby Formula Controversy: Nestle is a highly decentralized multinational company which has its presence in multiple countries. The company itself however is a Swiss-based company. In 1970’s however the company underwent a boycott for its products when it marketed baby formula products to the people of Africa. The controversy surrounded round…

However, Jim is a foreigner and is honored by the captain. Because of this special occasion, Pedro gives Jim the option to shoot and kill one Indian. If Jim accepts, the other nineteen Indians can go free, if not, Pedro will shoot all twenty like intended. The Indians beg Jim to accept the Offer and…

Zombies: To Kill or not to Kill Aneet Bains Philosophy 106 Zombies are pervasive in our contemporary culture; whether they are terrorizing attractive actors in movies or television shows, or they are being meticulously detailed in comics and books, zombies seem to have invaded the popular mediums of entertainment. To be clear, when I refer…

The eighteenth century was a time of rapid change and development in the way people viewed humans and their interaction with others in society. Many countries experience revolution and monarchies were overthrow. People began to question the values that were ingrained in society and governments that ruled them. Two of the biggest philosophers of that…

Introduction             The roadmap and central concern of this brief exposition is to take a stand relative to the ethical implications ensuing from the invasion of Iraq, using the first categorical imperative of the learned philosopher Immanuel Kant. Since its inception, the invasion of Iraq has had a share of criticisms from all fronts. And…