Kant's View Of Ethics

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The question of “what are the ethical guidelines to live by”, is a very interesting question that can be approached from varying angles to fit every ones personal point of view. Ethical guidelines are focused on the moral fiber of society as a whole today, which can be defined as a set of guideline or rules that are used to define the actions that are viewed as right and wrong among people within a community or society. Being truthful or honest is ethical characteristic that I feel something everyone should follow. But somehow in our society today almost everyone feels that lying or bending the truth is something we all must do to get by in life. A perfect example today in our country today is government. Whether you follow politics or not …show more content…
And the general public feels that a number of individual punishments don’t coincide with their actions in breaking these written rules and ethical guidelines. Focusing on the crime itself, the deontological position that the NFL highlights and the punishment that should be set forth is an obligation based on the rules and regulation rather than the foundation of lack of personal ethical values and accountability for owning your crime committed. Immanuel Kant’s view of ethics and deontological ethical theory were developed and based on the fact that an intrinsically good action is something that simply is because they are focused on a certain principle of morals and responses to those morals. Kant believes that people are bound to moral/ethical rule by their own free will and those morals are based on standards of rationalism. Kant developed his moral beliefs with a focus around categorical imperative and he assumed as though all people have an innate ability to have a specific set of morals already. Simply put Kant belief is that free will from a metaphysical stance is that one's freedom of will exists within a vacuum and is not unlike atomistic empty space. Kant's ethics are secular and based on empathy and reason saying that that maxims are produced by examination of a person's actions. This is done by comparing an act that is responsible, and what is irresponsible and the …show more content…
And for Plato there is only one truth with absolutely no straying from that singular belief. Also everything a person does should be in search of that singular truth, while pursuing nothing else. This is the Deontological idea that a rule has been set it’s not to be deviated from at all. Utilitarianism has maxims stealing does not bring about the greatest happiness a society must punish people who steal or there'd be chaos. Utilitarianism finds its basis from Aristotle's writings and states that a person should live their life as if they are in the middle of a road. And by doing this people will remain balanced and seek compromise compared to always holding the idea of an extreme that a person will always be able to do good for others. This idea is utilitarianisms main goal of greatest good for the greatest number. The Utilitarian includes all of the good and bad created by an