Most people believe that doing the right thing is morally worthwhile, but according to Kant it’s not always true. Kant argues that one can do what is right and that action still may not have “moral worth.” Morality and moral worth are two different things according to Kant. A person has morality if they act out of duty (because something tells them they must) but their actions don’t necessarily have moral worth–i.e., when an action doesn’t also benefit others in some way then it isn’t really morally good or worthwhile as an action. The article will show how these concepts work in practice by looking at a couple examples from recent headlines: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s Twitter accounts, for instance, were hacked during the 2016 presidential campaign.
according to kant, one can do what is right and that action still may not have “moral worth.”
morality and moral worth are two different things according to Kant.
a person has morality if they act out of duty (because something tells them they must) but their actions don’t necessarily have moral worth–i.e., when an action doesn’t also benefit others in some way then it isn’t really morally good or worthwhile as an action.
the article will show how these concepts work in practice by looking at a couple examples from recent headlines: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s Twitter accounts, for instance, were hacked during the 2016 presidential campaign.text here text here
according to kant, one can do what is right and that action still may not have “moral worth.”
morality and moral worth are two different things according to Kant.
one can act out of duty but their actions still may not be morally worthwhile. text here text here
according to Kant, an action is only morally good or worthy when it also benefits others in some way–i.e., the Twitter account hack that was used for misinformation purposes would have been a totally different situation if Trump’s and Clinton’s accounts had both been hacked and then later released all of the information found on them, as opposed to just releasing emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta.
ending content (last sentence)*. Final Thoughts: this article has shown how morality and moral worth are two different concepts
Kant’s theory, according to him, is that one can do what is right and still have no moral worth. This statement seems a little off because if you are doing something good then the action already has some form of ethical value – in this case moral worth. If Kant were correct about his idea on morality it would mean that sometimes people who commit crimes have done nothing morally wrong (if they think their actions had no negative consequences).
This makes everyone else look bad which may be why he was not taken seriously at first or even now for that matter. Needless to say, most people will disagree with Kant and believe instead that whether an act has any “moral worth” depends entirely on the outcome; a situation where someone does the right thing but the outcome is negative would not have any moral worth.
The second paragraph should start with “We can do what we think is morally good, and that action still may not have ‘moral worth’.” The last sentence in this paragraph should read “This idea makes everyone else look bad.” Instead of saying whether an act has any “moral worth” depends entirely on the outcome, it will say instead that a situation where someone does the right thing but the outcome is negative would not have any moral worth. In addition to taking out all numbers and bullet points from these paragraphs, please make sure you are including sufficient detail so your readers know exactly what you’re talking about (i.e., “We can do what we think is morally good, and that action still may not have ‘moral worth.”)
We can do what we think is morally good, and that action still may not have “moral worth.” This idea makes everyone else look bad. We need to be able to evaluate the outcome of a situation in order to determine whether an act has moral worth or not. If someone does something which they believe is right but it leads directly to a negative result then this person would realize their actions had no value at all. Morality should be evaluated on more than just simply following through with doing what one believes is right because there are other factors involved such as the consequences – both positive and negative-of ones’ actions. A decision could be made without any knowledge of those outcomes; however, it would likely lead to undesirable results
