Kantian Ethics Philosophers
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- Kantian Ethics Philosophers
- Benjamin Constant
- An 18th Century Swiss-French Activist who argued against Kant
- If we can't lie then society become impossible
- We need to be able to tell white lies, or lies in general for good reasons to help society function.
- No one has a right to a truth that harms others.
- W.D. Ross
- A 19/20th Century Scottish Philosopher who adapted the Kantian Ethics
- Suggested that there was a "prima facie" duties - non-absolutist, conditional duties that can be overruled duties.
- Suggests that the duties of beneficence, self-improvement, and justice could be subsumed under a single duty to promote intrinsically good things.
- Samuel Clarke
- Because moral laws have been developed through civilised history, morality is not the same everywhere.
- Moral laws have been made to meet particular circumstances & needs.
- If we think Kant literally meant to always tell the truth regardless, then we are diving little credit to his intelligence.
- Kant leaves open the option for silence - refusal to answer.
- An 18/19th Century English Philosopher who is on a similar wavelength to Kant
- J.S. Mill
- By using the CI, Kant becomes consequentialist.
- When we decide whether or not a maxim can be universalised, we are considering the effects that would result from universalising the maxim.
- A 19th Century British Philosopher and Former-MP who did not agree with Kant
- David Hume
- An 18th Century Scottish Philosopher who shared similar ideas to Kant.
- "Ought" cannot be defined as an "is".
- Just because something is a certain way, it doesn't mean that you ought to do it.
- There is no obligation to do it.
- Morality is not prescriptive.
- Benjamin Constant
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