What are the differences between reasons and causes?
1.reasons involve moral justification.2.the more biological and immediate the response the more likely it is to be referred to as cause.3.reasons suggest options.4.reasons are open to moral debate-reasons for legalising death penalty.
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what are similarities between reasons and causes?
1.reasons look backwards but so can reasons.2. causes can look to the future.3.libertarians say that reasins are mental and causes are physical, but causes can be mental too.
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What is a categorical imperative?
A categorical imperative is a reason to be moral, an "ought". It can go against desire, like my desire to steal a cake can be overruled by the fact that I ought not to steal.
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What is a hypothetical imperative?
Doing something because you want it-I want a dog so I will steal it.
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What does Kant mean when he says "ought implies can?"
The categorical imperative defines things we ought to do-moral duties, like it being wrong to lie. If you ought to do something, logic implies that you can choose to do it-Duty implies free will.
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What is a possible critique?
What if you ought not to lie, but doing so would save a man's life?
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A response?
It could be a matter of which one had more moral priority- ought not to let a man die, outweighs ought not to lie,
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