What will Kants ethical views be on the AIG bonuses?
This was selected as Best Answer That’s a rather interesting question, . . . it may require some rephrasing. One could either ask, what we could learn from a Kantian deontological approach towards AIG paying bonuses, or one might ask why specifically choose the Kantian view, and not e.g. utilitarian or Aristotolean virtue ethics? If you want to look at matters from a Kantian perspective, one might consider both the first formulation, and the second of the categorical imperative. The first one states that one should never act, other than one would desire that the maxim that was the foundation of one’s actions would be universalized. The second formulation states that one should always treat a human being as and end only, and never as a means. In both the formulations it is indifferent whether you use the AIG-employee perspective or the outsider perspective, because both will lead you to the same conclusion. According to the first formulation the answer of your question all depends on wh
