Moral Theory

Moral Theory Respect for Persons: The moral theory, Respect for Persons, or Ethics of Respect for Persons, core theme is that all human beings should be paid equal respect. Like the bible says in Matthew 7:12, ". Do to others as you would have them do to you."[1]. This theory has been connected to the German philosopher, Immanuel Kant. Kant divided this theory in two parts, (1) universalization principle and (2) the means-ends principle. In the universalization principle, as …

…her freedom to act as a moral agent, to determine by her own means if she is being satisfied or not. In this case the positive test does not fail and the rule will be overthrown, making his want immoral. Now that we have an understanding on the ethics of respect for persons we will continue with our original case and try to determine if the decision of the manager was ethically correct or not.