The Good Will - Deontology
- Created by: jac76
- Created on: 30-05-16 13:50
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- The Good Will
- The goodness of an act doesn't come from its consequences
- But something intrinsic to the act itself
- Kant argues that 'good will' is the only thing unquestionably good
- From Kant's book - 'Groundwork for the metaphysics of morals'
- all about having the right motive and the right approach/ intension
- Courage, power & intelligence can be used for evil outcomes
- However a good will is intrinsically good, even when the wrong outcome is using good will
- the right motive = the morally right thing
- However a good will is intrinsically good, even when the wrong outcome is using good will
- Even if someone was a moral imbecile, and their every day effort was doing the right thing resulted in the opposite
- The goodness of an act doesn't come from its consequences
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