ABSTRACT
Philosophers have had diverse perspectives on ethics. The utilitarian theory of ethics restricts its considerations to weighing costs and benefits and focuses only on the final effect, without focusing on the intrinsic values of actions, human rights, or the dignity of people. In Jeremy Bentham’s formulation, an act is ethical if and only if it produces the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people. The actions of Schindler would be justified under the ethics of responsibility of Anglo-Saxon thinkers as they agreed to use non-ethical methods to achieve a higher goal. Immanuel Kant attributes ethical value to the facts by their very essence. He argued certain moral precepts are unconditionally and objectively a necessary right, without considering desires, motives, purpose, results, or the utility those actions may produce. Kant believed that certain types of actions like murder, theft, or lying were absolutely prohibited always, even in cases where those actions would be justified.
