tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133078502277941061.post3085549111191781015..comments2023-07-18T08:00:22.009-05:00Comments on Steinblog: Deontology and Stealing Meds to Save a Life Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133078502277941061.post-4610369680740743892016-07-17T22:45:43.057-05:002016-07-17T22:45:43.057-05:00Julie,
If you changed how you worded your Maxim,...Julie, <br /><br />If you changed how you worded your Maxim, would that change the effects of the universalization? Though it would be a terrible thing to no longer have medication available to everyone, if only those who were too "poor" to buy the medication stole, what would that look like? Plus, who's to say that we know for sure what a universalization of this action would look like? <br /><br />For example:<br /><br />1. I will steal medication for my sick spouse since I don't have the money to afford it.<br />2. Everyone who does not have the money to afford the medication will <br />steal it as needed.<br />3. Everyone who is stealing the medication because of financial issues gets the medicine anyway, so the producers of the medication lower the prices so that people no longer need to steal the medication! <br /><br />This seems like Kant's biggest downfall in his theory of Deontology is the fact that the maxim test can be manipulated to create the desired outcome. Plus, how can we be sure what the universalization of a maxim will look like ? Personal opinion? It sometimes seems like pure speculation. <br /><br />-Lee TrozLee Troznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133078502277941061.post-14995324347906884752016-07-17T17:57:35.959-05:002016-07-17T17:57:35.959-05:00Kara Rubashkin:
I think this maxim could be permi...Kara Rubashkin:<br /><br />I think this maxim could be permissible if slightly tweaked:<br /><br />1. I will steal medication for someone who cannot attain it-that will die without it.<br />2. Everyone steals medication for those who cannot attain it<br />3. Everyone is stealing medication for those who can't get it, saving those lives. A frenzy could result in the lessening of costs for the said medication, to eliminate the widespread 'need' for theft. In this circumstance, everyone gets the medication.<br /><br />The idea behind 3 is that if the maxim is limited to only financial reasoning, and the medication producers and manufacturers are only interested in making as much money as they can-they will lower their prices to reduce widespread theft.<br /><br />In this paradigm, the principle of Universalizibility could be used to morally save our loved one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com