KANTIAN ETHICS - keywords
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- Created on: 17-02-14 15:36
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- KANTIAN ETHICS
- absolute
- A principle which is universally binding
- autonomy
- Self-directed freedom, arriving at moral judgement through reason
- categorical imperative
- A command to perform actions that are absolute moral obligations without reference to other ends
- e.g. stealing is always wrong
- A command to perform actions that are absolute moral obligations without reference to other ends
- deontological
- An ethical system which considers that the moral act has moral value within itself
- e.g. telling the truth is always right even when it may cause pain or harm
- An ethical system which considers that the moral act has moral value within itself
- duty
- A motive for acting in a certain way which shows moral quality
- good will
- Making a moral choice expresses good will
- hypothetical imperative
- An action that achieves some goal or end
- e.g. if the boy is starving then I should steal the bread
- An action that achieves some goal or end
- kingdom of ends
- A world in which people do not treat others as means but only as ends. Everyone is treated as equals
- maxim
- A general moral rule in accordance with which we intend to act
- summum bonum
- The supreme good that we pursue through moral acts - we carry out moral acts so we can achieve supreme good
- universalisability
- If an act is right or wrong for one person in a situation, then it is right or wrong for anyone in that situation
- absolute
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