https://padlet.com/stephanielbrogan/nxjy82ywr7nv Stephanie Brogan en-us 2017-11-22 01:31:58 UTC 2017-11-23 00:21:45 UTC hello@padlet.com stephanielbrogan https://padlet.com/stephanielbrogan/nxjy82ywr7nv/wish/209310563 Stephanie Brogan- Mod 6]]> 2017-11-22 01:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanielbrogan/nxjy82ywr7nv/wish/209310563 stephanielbrogan https://padlet.com/stephanielbrogan/nxjy82ywr7nv/wish/209311986 This article is about two police officers who came to an 82-old-woman's rescue after her car ended up in a pond. The woman apparently drove across four lanes of traffic, smashed into a highway sign, went through a fence and landed in the pond. Once the police officers got there, they noticed witnesses trying to help the woman out of her car, but there was no luck. One of the police officers decided to use his baton and break a window to help get the woman out. Luckily, everyone got out of the situation safely.

As I was reading this article, I began thinking of Immanuel Kant's moral theory of "What ought we do?". Kant believed that the consequences of our actions are not of the highest moral worth, but the act itself. Is what these police officers did, the right thing to do? We know that the woman and the police officers got out of the situation safely, but what if it hadn't? They still did the right thing (in their minds). In Kant's mind, as long as the police officers believed that it was their moral duty to save this woman, and not to save the woman for the woman's sake, then they are acting out for pure respect for morality. This would be considered categorical imperative because it what the officers ought to do, no matter what, and not for their own interests.

What do you think?

Fedschun, T. (2017) "Florida deputies rescue 82-year-old woman after she crashes into pond". Fox News Channel. Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/13/florida-deputies-rescue-82-year-old-woman-after-crashes-into-pond.html]]> 2017-11-22 01:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanielbrogan/nxjy82ywr7nv/wish/209311986