"Ethics Affect Actions" "What is the appropriate action?" It's a controversial question that is a focal point for moral and ethical code. Morals and ethics is, of course, a subject that runs deep in the discussion of philosophy. People are faced with moral dilemmas everyday, which often times they decide without thoroughly examining their options. Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill are two philosophers who focus on the topic of ethics, yet with two different …
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…universal laws contradict themselves? Like in this situation, two laws could contradict themselves. If the student had made the laws: 1. If I make promises, I will keep them. 2. If a friend is in need, I will help them. What is a person to do? I feel that Mill's idea is a far more efficient and realistic one aimed at a larger goal. Although, that is not to say that Mill's thoughts do not have flaws.