justifications. Kant argues that the morality of actions should depend upon good will and intentions, whereas Mill argues that an action’s consequences determines its moral value. John Stuart Mill’s philosophy on morality is more appropriate and relevant to current societal values rather than Immanuel Kant’s view because Mill’s argument
Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill are philosophers who addressed the issues of morality. Kant’s theory of Kantianism and Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism both center morality on a single first principal, although alike in numerous ways such as rationally evaluating morality; they have different methods of justifying their first principal. Also, Kant and Mill start off with differing basis for morality. According to the Oxford dictionary, morality is the principles concerning the distinction between
their actions. They also desire to know how to decide if something is morally permissible or not. A normative ethical theory explores and explains the difference between what makes right acts right and wrong acts wrong. My normative ethical theory is: An act is right if it honors God and what He has created and wrong if it dishonors God and what He has created. Even though my theory talks about acts, acts are not the way to get to heaven. Jesus is the only way to get to heaven. The sins of all Christians
One major problem with desire theory is that getting what we want may not be promoting good for you. The desire theory states that, you will be better off if you achieve what you want. What if you desire to hurt another individual or what if you want to destroy the planet? Causing problems will not promote happiness. 2. Contrast descriptive and normative ethics. Descriptive ethics is using the method of science to study morality. Normative ethics uses values and virtues to explore morality. Normative