PHI 2010
Name:
Doneisha Reid
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Jose works as a mechanic at a Honda dealership. His garage is closed on
Sundays and at the end of his shift on Saturday he “borrows” a Honda
scanner that checks service codes. On Sunday, he uses the scanner while
performing a job for a friend of a friend. He gets to work early on Monday and
returns the scanner before anyone else arrives. The scanner isn’t damaged at
all. Fully explain and apply
Kantianism
to this particular situation. Was it OK
for Jose to steal and return the scanner? Describe how
Kantian ethics works
in general and address factors that would be important according to this view.
Do
you
think Jose behaved morally? Justify your own view.
Write 2-3
paragraphs.
Begin typing your answer below.
Jose is wrong because he took something that's not his. If the scanner got damaged, who
knows if he would speak up or try to hide it. Even though he might get fired if he speaks up, it's
hard to figure out if his reason is good or bad. We don’t know what was his reasoning or what
he had planned so it's hard to judge the situation. Kantian theory is figuring out if a situation is
right or wrong, moral or immoral.
If the scanner broke, Jose could've hid it or blamed someone else. For example, if my friend left
money on the counter and I took it up to borrow it without asking, that would be wrong because
my friend probably needed that money. Even though I was planning on paying my friend back it
still doesn't justify that I stole from my friend.
