Kant
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- Created on: 07-01-13 11:28
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- Kant
- Duty
- to act morally is to do one's duty, and one's duty is to obey to obey the moral law
- Conflicting dutiys
- No emtion
- Takes away what it is to be human
- Not influenced by individual subjective view. Everyone is treated the same.
- As humans is it possible not to act with emotion?
- duty+ good will = moral ctcion
- to act morally is to do one's duty, and one's duty is to obey to obey the moral law
- Categorical impreitives
- Universalisability
- Actions should only be followed if they can be universalised
- Less selfish
- Inflexible
- Never permit lying- what if by lying you are saving a life?
- Actions should only be followed if they can be universalised
- Kingdom of ends
- Act as though everyone is treating you as an end
- Relies on everyone doing it
- Act as though everyone is treating you as an end
- Means and ends
- Dont treat people as means to an end
- Treat everyone equally and with respect
- Dont treat people as means to an end
- Universalisability
- Absolutist
- Everyone knows where they stand
- No flexibliity
- Summum Bonum
- Ultimate end that humans seek- afterlife
- Dont believe in afterlife- what is the point
- Gives people a place to strive to
- Ultimate end that humans seek- afterlife
- Deontological
- Looks at action, not concerned with conequences
- Reason
- Humans are the highest creatures because we have the ability to reason
- Less likely to be swayed by deceiving or conflicting circumstances
- Who is capable of reason?
- Moral principles are priori (independent of experiences)
- Intrinsic good
- Good will is the only intrisicly good thing
- Only morally right if comes as result of good will
- Good will is the only intrisicly good thing
- Hypothectical Impreitives
- tell us what we should do in order to acheive a particular end
- I need to revises in order to pass the exam
- tell us what we should do in order to acheive a particular end
- Duty
- Underpins ideas of human rights
- Dont treat people as means to an end
- Treat everyone equally and with respect
- Dont treat people as means to an end
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