The Categorical Imperative: A Study in Kant's Moral Philosophy

Rossi, Mario M.

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“…In this study, participants described that their own sense of morality was closely linked to their military training, specifically the military values and standards, which they were duty bound to follow but also formed part of the veteran's identity. This shared similarities to deontological theories of morality (Paton, 1965) as well as Shay's (1994) notion of the military as a moral construction. Participants also acknowledged that their role required them to act in ways that were prohibited by a socially dominant moral code, which they were willing to do provided their actions contributed to a greater good, sharing similarities with a utilitarian view of morality.…”

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“…The participants' description of this military moral code can also be understood from a deontological perspective. Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative (Paton, 1965) understands morality as a rule-based concept, whereby people abide by a set of rules or a code, out of a sense of duty. The Military Covenant (Ministry of Defence, 2000; pp.…”

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“It’s all very well for politicians in Whitehall to run a war, but they're not on the ground”: U.K. military veterans’ experiences of betrayal-based moral injury.

Peris¹,

Hanna²,

Perman³

2024

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Moral injury (MI) has recently gained traction in the literature on military veteran distress; however, research often fails to distinguish between two widely cited yet distinct definitions of MI. The two definitions conceptualize mainly perpetration-based experiences and betrayal-based experiences, which have been shown to have different outcomes. U.K. research has mainly conceptualized MI using a perpetration-based model, and it is unclear to what extent a betrayal-based model is relevant to this population. Therefore, through 15 interviews, this study aimed to explore how U.K. military veterans describe their moral beliefs and explore ways in which these were transgressed, in relation to their military service, through the conceptualization of betrayal-based MI. Utilizing reflexive thematic analysis, this article constructed two main themes in relation to our participants experiences of MI: (a) "what's right"-a military moral compass and (b) betrayal of what's right by leaders and systems. Through these themes, our analysis highlights the ways in which participants make sense of what they see as right, or moral, followed by an exploration of the ways in which this was transgressed or betrayed during their time in the military. The findings in this article demonstrate the usefulness of understanding U.K. military veterans' experiences through the conceptual and analytical lens of betrayal-based MI. We conclude with the suggestions that future research should delineate between perpetration and betrayal-based MI to understand the complexities and nuances of experiences and that interventions would benefit from considering specific components of betrayal-based MI when working with military veterans.

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Section: Subtheme 11: Values Standards and Unwritten Rulesmentioning

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“It’s all very well for politicians in Whitehall to run a war, but they're not on the ground”: U.K. military veterans’ experiences of betrayal-based moral injury.

Peris¹,

Hanna²,

Perman³

2024

Traumatology

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“…Como teria afirmado Paton (1971), o próprio Kant duvidava de que ele pudesse ter uma vontade determinada exclusivamente por motivos racionais: "O que ele duvida é da presença real de uma tal vontade santa em si próprio e em seus contemporâneos […]", Kant estava preocupado em mostrar a debilidade do julgamento moral dos alemães: "Era certamente um aviso muito necessário de encontro a algumas das fraquezas do temperamento alemão, embora tais fraquezas não estejam restritas de nenhuma maneira aos alemães" (Paton, 1971, p. 52, tradução nossa).…”

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Kant

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CHINGORE,

PEREIRA

2023

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“…Therefore, the question of whether there is a clear, generalisable determinant of the "attitude-behaviour" gap and how this determinant fits within existing psychological and philosophical theories is yet to be answered. The potentially generalisable dimension which could be disrupting the proposed translation from positive attitudes to subsequent pro-environmental behaviours is that of morality, broadly defined as the understanding of what is a "right" or "wrong" action to take in a given situation (Paton, 1948;Hauser, 2006). In fact, it's important to point out that morality is a context dependent construct (Komarova Loureiro et al, 2016).…”

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Hunt-Vitell’s General Theory of Marketing Ethics Predicts ‘Attitude-Behaviour’ Gap in Pro-Environmental Domain

Zaikauskaite¹,

Butler²,

Nfs³

et al. 2021

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The inconsistency between pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour, known as the ‘attitude-behaviour’ gap, is not uncommon to ethical decision-making, however it’s exceptionally pronounced in scenarios associated with ‘green’ choice. Despite existing research offering numerous attempts to investigate the causes of the ‘attitude-behaviour’ gap in the pro-environmental domain, it is surprising that the major factors driving the ‘attitude-behaviour’ gap are still unknown. Therefore, we have grounded this study in Hunt-Vitell’s moral philosophy-based framework of ethical decision-making, which assumes morality as the central force impacting one’s behaviour and tested its effectiveness in predicting pro-environmental intentions vs. behaviours. The results from an online study of 612 MTurk participants from the US revealed that participants’ decision-making indeed depended on deontological and teleological framing of pro-environmental scenarios, and this in turn predicted the declining relationship between intention vs. behaviour. These findings suggest that morality is central to pro-environmental decision-making, and the ‘attitude-behaviour’ gap is the result of the disintegrated effects of moral dimension. For this reason, strengthening the impact of morality could be sufficient for aligning intentions with behaviours and thus closing the ‘attitude-behaviour’ gap.

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The Categorical Imperative: A Study in Kant's Moral Philosophy

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“It’s all very well for politicians in Whitehall to run a war, but they're not on the ground”: U.K. military veterans’ experiences of betrayal-based moral injury.

“It’s all very well for politicians in Whitehall to run a war, but they're not on the ground”: U.K. military veterans’ experiences of betrayal-based moral injury.

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Hunt-Vitell’s General Theory of Marketing Ethics Predicts ‘Attitude-Behaviour’ Gap in Pro-Environmental Domain

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