I feel it is extremely immoral to cheat on a test. However, according to the Categorical Imperative something that is widely accepted by everyone could be viewed as moral, even if it is in fact immoral. So in this case, if all the students in Boone’s ethic class decided to cheat on a test, would this be deemed acceptable? A little twist in this case is that if everyone cheated on the test there would be no reason for the test in the first place because the whole concept of “testing” the individuals knowledge is now negated. So as seen thorugh Kant’s view it is shown how their could also possibly be exceptions to this theory.
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November 3, 2008 at 11:17 am
In what sense do you mean that there are exceptions to the theory?
November 24, 2008 at 1:30 am
I think that amanda is trying to say that cheating is an exception to the theory becuase cheating does go along with what the categorical imperative has to say. If it is widely accepted by everyone, like cheating, it is consideried moral but, we are constantly taught that cheating is immoral. I beleive that cheating is immoral but i beleive witht he statement that amanda brings up in her blog.