Kantian Ethics

Kant was an individual of the European Enlightenment; the attempt to get beyound authority and superstition and deal with the world on the basis of reason. He believed in 3 key points:

1) human reason determines moral truths

2) individual autonomy (freedom)

3) a sense of duty

He rejects the ideas of making moral decisions by:

We have an 'innate moral awareness which Kant calls 'the moral law within'

• emotion
• inclination
• religion
• consequences

For Kant, IF…