UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA SALESIANA

Students: Walter Bau, Javier Martinez, Rayner Palta, Kleber Muy

Deontology homework

What do you think is deontology?

Deontology is the ethics of the profession, must with the follow rules and nothing else.

Can you apply it to your profession? In which way?

Yes, we can. Encouraging a good conscience in the programmers to be able to avoid crimes
such as those made by hackers.

How many types of deontology did the video present?

Two kinds.
Which ones?
Moral absolutism
Categorical imperative
Who is Kant? Who is Mill?
Kant was a German philosopher and one of the most important philosopher that existed.
Mill was an English philosopher, naturalist, utilitarian and liberal, whose work explores the
consequences of a thoroughgoing empirics outlook.
What is Kant’s philosophy? Is it correct or wrong? Why?

The Kant’s philosophy it’s about of transcendental idealism. He believed that the mind
shapes and structures experience, with all human experiences sharing certain structural
features.

I think that Kant’s philosophy it’s wrong cause all turns around about an absolutism law
where the reason doesn’t have participation.

Do you find it acceptable or not?

No, I don’t. Cause as I said his philosophy consist about to follow a kind of rules. This rules
are not bad or good but; however not matter what happen we must still be following that rules
even if you know that is wrong
What it is consequentialism?

Is the conception according to which whatever values are adopted by an individual or an

institution, the appropriate response to these values is to promote them

What about using your will when following the categorical imperative? What do you
understand of it? Is it something you understand? Why do you have to use your free
will to do things?
Formula of universal law: "Act only according to the maxim by which you can at the same
time want it to become a universal law."
it is the freedom of your mind to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the
choice that controls all the other choices you make, and that determines your life and your
character.