ETHICS

NAME: Vismonte, Jhon Jories

PROGRAM & SECTION: AB Legal Management (LGM 2B)
TASK: Immanuel Kant Ethics

DUTY

Duty is the act of doing, deciding, or acting in accordance with the authorities' principles, rules, and laws, as
well as their traditions and beliefs. It is doing, deciding, or acting upon a situation regardless of the
challenges and outcomes that may come.

A duty based on moral action is one that we must carry out in accordance with a set of rules or a certain
principle that, not because of its good consequence, is based on respect for the person or on the role-related
principle in the role we are playing in our society.

For Example:

Judge Vismonte of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court is on the case of Mr. Crisostomo, a poor man at 85
years of age who stole 5 kilos of rice and 3 kilos of meat from a store. Mr. Crisostomo is guilty of such a
crime; Judge Vismonte renders his verdict of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He felt guilty when deciding
on the case because the suspect was a poor old man; however, despite those feelings, he couldn't do anything
because the law was the law. Dura lex sed lex: the law may be harsh, but it is the law; it is also his duty as an
officer of the court to maintain and implement the rule of law, and justice should always be served.

GOOD WILL

A good will would not forfeit our moral goodness in order to attain some desirable end or object. A good
will is a will whose decisions are wholly determined by moral demands, or, as he often refers to this, by the
Moral Law.

The value of other qualities can be sacrificed or diminished under certain circumstances. It is not just any
good intention; it is the determination to do one's duty without regard for the outcome. In order for
something to be good "without qualification," it must not be merely "good" as a means to an end but "bad"
as a means to some other end. Kant’s point is that to be universally and absolutely good, something must be
good in every instance of its occurrence. To act out of "good will" means to act out of a sense of moral
obligation or "duty." In other words, the moral agent takes a particular action not because of what it
produces (its consequences) in terms of human experience, but because the agent recognizes by reason that
it is the morally right thing to do and, consequently, there is a moral duty or obligation to take that action.

For Example:

Sofia saw that someone was poor and hungry, and his end at that point might be to get food. If Sofia gives
him food or money to buy food, she is committing to feeding him.

Jhonny completed his test for math; however, Joshua, his best friend, cannot answer a few numbers, and the
time is going to end. Jhonny might have taught Joshua the answer; it was his good will to taunt his best
friend, and it was good for their friendship in the end, but they might be punished by the teacher or the
school because of the consequences.
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REFERENCES

What Does it Mean to be a Person of “Good Will?” (2017). Ethics Sage.

https://www.ethicssage.com/2017/06/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-person-of-good-will.html

Shakil, A. (2013, January 29). Kantian Duty Based (Deontological) Ethics. Sevenpillarsinstitute.org; Seven

Pillars Institute. https://sevenpillarsinstitute.org/kantian-duty-based-deontological-ethics/

Chapter Summary. (2019). Oup.com.

https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195332957/student/chapter9/summary/