Kant paper PHIL 2306

Paper 3 Intro to Ethics Phil 2306 CRN 14270

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Write a 650 to 850-word response to the prompt below. This assignment

is due February 26, 2019 at 5:30 pm. Submit this through Canvas Eagle

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Consider the following situation: healthy children in areas with poor sanitation, poor to

non-existent healthcare infrastructure, lack of access to clear water, etc., when given

antibiotics have mortality reduced by between 14% to almost 18%. Unfortunately, there

is concern that providing antibiotics to healthy people may (most likely will) lead to

increased antibiotic resistance in the future. Explain how Kant would use the categorical

imperative to determine how to behave in this situation. At minimum, to effectively

address this assignment you will have to: 1) state and explain the categorical imperative;

2) formulate a maxim specific to this scenario; 3) analyze the attempt to universalize the

maxim; 4) determine whether the duty that results is a perfect or imperfect duty (Of

course, you will have to explain these terms.). If you need some background for this

question, look at the article, “Giving Antibiotics To Healthy Kids In Poor Countries:

Good Idea Or Bad Idea?” at the NPR website. Click on this link: Antibiotics.