WEEK 15: IT and Ethics

 Kantianism

Most people do not know the meaning of this word. Well, Kantianism or  Kantian ethics is a set of universal moral principles that apply to all people, independent of context or circumstance. The principles are referred to as the Categorical Imperative by German philosopher Immanuel Kant and are characterized by their morality and degree of freedom.

In other words, Kantianism means, for example, borrowing money from another person and promising to repay it. The Kantian must assess if his behavior might be universalized while considering whether or not to uphold his pledge. "I might lie and betray my vow," he could be thinking.

    Kantianism, either the system of thinking contained in the writings of the seminal 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant or later philosophies that evolved from the study of Kant's writings and were inspired by his ideals.

    Kant's system was a syncretism, or union, of British empiricism (as in John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume), which emphasized the role of experience in the rise of knowledge; Isaac Newton's scientific methodology; and Christian Wolff's metaphysical apriorism (or rationalism), which systematized Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's philosophy with its emphasis on mind. As a result, it was a combination of materials with very varied origins and natures, which enticed pupils to read their own biases into it.