Kantian Deontology
- Created by: jmpollard
- Created on: 06-02-17 19:51
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Deontology -
- Duty based (essential to 'do ones duty')
- Not concerned with consequence (as long as an action has been done for the right reason)
- Rule guided (follows a strict rule guided structure)
- Concerned with Intrinsic worth (actions' worth isn't based on their consequences)
- Not concerned with instrumental worth
- Kant is the pioneering philosopher
Kantian Ethics/ Kantian Deontology -
Kantian Deontology is a secular appraoch to ethics from a German Enlightenment philosopher, Immanuel Kant. His approach to ethics has 12 underlying principles, these are 9 of the ones i remember:
- Secular - without the involvement of God.
- Places high priority in autonomy.
- Puts man at the centre of the moral universe.
- Man has the capacity to discover morality ('reason binds man to man').
- Logical thinking is at the heart of morality.
- Illogical thinking is at the heart of immorality.
- Humans deserve dignity and respect, because they have reason, wills and desires.
- The principle of Self-preservation, to commit suicide is not an option.
- It's Egalitarian, a forerunner of Human rights.
In order to determine the correct action in any given situation Kant created the Formulations of the Categorical Imperative. These are 3 tests of morality which maxims (underlying principles) must pass through in order to become a 'Categorical Imperative'. If a maxim becomes a Categorical Imperative, it means it is now an unconditionally good command of morality that the moral agent has a duty to perform.
The first formulation of the Categorical Imperative…
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