Essays on Categorical Imperative

Kant’s Formulation of Categorical Imperative Kant formulated three principal formulas in categorical imperative. The second formula of humanity has gained a lot of critics and commentaries and will be used in this study. Kant highlights that a good will is the only thing without qualification. Goodwill is governed by a reason...

Kant's Second Formulation of the Categorical Imperative Kant’s second formulation of the categorical imperative outlines the principles of how moral actions, goals, judgment, and patients affect a person. The principles stated give an adequate way of judging one's actions, the societal norms and also the government laws. That one should not...

The code of ethics for pharmacists requires that a pharmacist “respects the autonomy and dignity of each patient.” Thomas Anselm fails to provide the patient with the opportunity to decide on her health. In this case, Anselm fails to respect the patient’s autonomy to make her own decision on the...

The Categorical Imperative The categorical imperative is a principle of morality that says we should act in a certain way. Immanuel Kant introduced this idea in his 1785 book Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and it's an important tool for people to understand when they are deciding on their actions.The...