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This document analyzes the actions of students who hacked into Harvard’s system to check their admission results, using Kant’s deontological ethical theory. It discusses the ethical implications and the responses from Harvard and Stanford universities.
What's inside
- Kant's deontological ethical theory
- The Harvard hacking case
- Harvard's and Stanford's responses
- Criticisms and defenses of the students' actions
- Ethical implications of the students' behavior
Who it is for: Students of ethics, philosophy, or education. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Students' actions are analysed through Kant's ethical theory. A student learns about Kant's deontological approach to ethics and its application to a real-world case.
Kant's Ethical Theory
Kant's deontological ethical theory is described. Two questions are given to help decide whether an action is ethical.
Case Study: Hacking
A case of students hacking into university systems to check their results is presented. Responses from the universities and some critics are discussed.
Student Perspective
A student's reflection on his actions is shared. Kant's perspective on the student's actions is considered.
Key terms
- deontological ethical theory
- A moral theory that judges the morality of an action based on whether it follows a rule.
- universal acceptability
- The idea that an action is acceptable if everyone could rationally will to do it.
- Hacking
- Gaining unauthorised access to a computer system.
- Kantian ethics
- The ethical theory of Immanuel Kant, focusing on duty and rules.
- Dean
- A senior official in a university, responsible for academic or student affairs.
- Critics
- People who express a reasoned opinion on any matter, especially involving a judgment of its value, truth, righteousness, beauty, or technique.
Questions this document helps with
- How does Kant's ethical theory help to analyse students' actions?
- What is the case of students hacking into university systems?
- How does Kant's perspective apply to the students' actions?
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