Deontological Ethics (RST4C)
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- Created on: 03-04-17 12:49
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- Deontological
- Kantian Ethics
- Immanuel Kant
- consequences of the situation are irrelevent
- 'ought' implies 'can'. All about good will and duty.
- Favours an objective imperative (catagorical) over a subjective one (hypothetical)
- Duties to Cultivate talents, of benevolence, against promise breaking and against suicide.
- 3 Formulations: 1)all actions must be able to become a universal law 2) treat others as an end in themselves 3)act as a member of the kingdom of ends
- The summum bonum is the reward for living a dutiful life.
- Further developed by WD Ross and his prima facie duties.
- Fidelity, reparations for harm done, gratitude, justice, beneficience, self-improvement and non-malificence.
- Natural Law
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Influenced by Aristotle's ethics
- 5 Primary precepts are followed by secondary precepts that are similar to the 10 commandments. E.g do not murder, do not steal, do not use contraception
- Every rational human being has access to a moral guide that is written on the heart.
- 5 Primary Precepts: Worship God, Ordered Society, Reproduction, Learning and Defend the innnocent.
- Helpful for religious people as the teachings are mainly based on traditional testament teachings.
- Further developed by John Finnis
- Focuses on what motivates us/ why we do things. Actions should participate in one of seven basic goods.
- Life, Knowledge, Friendship, Play, Aesthetic experience, practical reasonableness and religion.
- Finnis adds a teleological twist.
- Focuses on what motivates us/ why we do things. Actions should participate in one of seven basic goods.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Religious Laws
- Divine command theory
- Something is right or moral if God has commanded it.
- Mainly based from Bible teachings and stories. Such as the ten commandments.
- Something is right or moral if God has commanded it.
- Similar to Natural Law in that it's mainly centered around religious teaching.
- St. Augustine
- Humans have the innate capacity to know the difference between right and wrong.
- Conscience and God's grace make us virtuous. Gods voice comes to us through our conscience.
- Divine command theory
- Kantian Ethics
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