Moral argument
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- Moral Argument
- Kant
- there is an objective moral law that reason tells us that we must obey
- this requires us to attain the highest good or 'summum bonum'
- we can only be obliged to do something if it is possible for us to do
- we cannot attain the summum bonum unless there is a god to assist us
- since we are obliged to attain summum bonum, god must exist to ensure that we can achieve which we are duty bound to do
- we cannot attain the summum bonum unless there is a god to assist us
- we can only be obliged to do something if it is possible for us to do
- this requires us to attain the highest good or 'summum bonum'
- if we use practical reason then we should become certain that there is a god
- a person has a overwhelming sense of moral duty, which kant call the categorical imperitive
- 'duty for duty's sake
- 'ought implies can'
- postulates the need for an afterlife
- commit acts you know would be right as a universal law
- treat people as ends in themselves not means to an end
- act as if you live in the kingdom of ends
- treat people as ends in themselves not means to an end
- there is an objective moral law that reason tells us that we must obey
- Freud
- our sense of moral obligation is not objectively binding but comes from our own minds
- comes from the subconscious mind called 'the superego'
- caused by the psychological conflict between our most basic desires and the controlling influences of society and our paarents
- comes from the subconscious mind called 'the superego'
- religion is 'obsessional neurosis.
- id, ego, superego
- ID - basic instincts and primitive desires
- EGO - perceptions of the external that makes us aware of the 'reality principle', one's most outward part and personality
- SUPER-EGO - the unconscious mind which consists of - a. the ego-ideal which praises good actions b. the conscious which makes you feel guilty for bad actions
- EGO - perceptions of the external that makes us aware of the 'reality principle', one's most outward part and personality
- ID - basic instincts and primitive desires
- morality is developed as we grow
- our sense of moral obligation is not objectively binding but comes from our own minds
- J. L. Mackie
- evidence for the biological, sociological and psychological explanations for conscience means that that the moral argument no longer has a valid defence
- Kant
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