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Ethics is the study of morality – i.e. right and wrong, good and bad. The syllabus looks at 3 normative ethical theories: Utilitarianism. Kant’s deontological ethics. Aristotle’s virtue ethics. Each theory provides a framework intended to guide moral behaviour.
Examples of Principles of Ethics. Principles and concepts of Ethics range from justice and fairness, honesty and truthfulness and respect for others to corporate social responsibility and environmental responsibility. Here are the examples and explanations of some ethical principles.
Mar 6, 2023 · Kantian ethics is typically understood as falling under the category of deontological ethics, because it is rule based. A central tenet of the theory is that the morally right action is determined by its conformity with duty, rather than whether it produces ‘good’ consequences.
Mar 30, 2020 · In Part II of the Groundwork, Kant gives four examples of ways in which people might act on a maxim that could not be universalized without ‘contradiction’, where the emergence of a contradiction indicates that we do not have a categorical imperative.
The second way our maxim can fail is a ‘contradiction in will’. Kant’s example relates to helping others. It is logically possible to universalize the maxim ‘not to help others in need’. The world would not be a pleasant place, but this is not what Kant focuses on.
Feb 23, 2004 · The most basic aim of moral philosophy, and so also of the Groundwork, is, in Kant’s view, to “seek out” the foundational principle of a “metaphysics of morals,” which Kant understands as a system of a priori moral principles that apply the CI to human persons in all times and cultures.
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Feb 3, 2017 · Jamieson’s definition of moral progress clearly assumes than moral progress claims are intra-comparisons. Rønnow-Rasmussen does not make substantive statements, for example about what makes a subsequent state better than a preceding one; his analysis of betterness-claims is purely formal.
