Ethics

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Kantian ethics

  • Deontological- actions, not consequences are goof in themselves
  • Summum bonum- supreme good
  • A priori- knowledge prior to experience
  • A posteriori- knowoledge through experience
  • 3 formulations: universability, ends in themselves, kingdom of ends
  • Based on duty, we shouldn't act out of compassion
  • "the only good thing is the good will" Kant

Catergorical imperative (3 formulations)

  • Moral statements are 'categorical'- they prescribe necessary behaviour irrespective of the consequence

1. Universability- can it be done at all times and by all people? (can your action be willed as a universal law) Universalise your action. E.g. theft, if everyone was to steal from everyone else then nothing could be owned.

2. Treat humans

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