kantian ethics mind map
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- Created on: 11-04-14 17:15
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- Kantian Ethis
- a deontological argument
- about duty
- we have an innate moral duty which means we act in a good way
- our duty is revealed through our duty, the "moral law within"
- acting morally is due to doing you duty because it is intrinsically right and not for not other reason
- the highest form of good is good will
- we should always act out of duty and not emotion
- ought implies can if it is impossible to achieve then it is not our duty
- categorical imperatives are perform an absolute moral rule and we do not consider consequences
- there are 3 main characteristics that a moral rule should have
- universal law applies to everyone without not exception
- exceptions cause contradictions
- eg keeping promises should be universalised because a world where everyone failed to keep promises means that promise keeping would no longer exist
- treat humans as a means not an end in themselves this is autonomous and rational
- gives people respect and mean that people wont get treated as a means to something else
- treating people as a means not an end promotes equality
- living in the kingdom of ends means you're free to make rational choices and this is what separates us from animals
- we are free to do our duty and if were not free then ought no longer implies can
- we should not act in order to get happiness we act out of good will then the summum bonum is achieved in the afterlife
- the summum bonum is the supreme good= virtue+happiness
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