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Kant's Deontology
Kant's Deontological Ethics
Question | Answer |
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Deon is Greek for what? | DUTY |
What matters in deontology? | Intention. Consequences DO NOT matter. Th intention makes something right or wrong. |
What is morally right? | Actions- those in accordance with certain rules, duties, rights, or maxims. |
Deontology is..... | Absolute moral rules not based on desires. |
Hypothetical Imperatives? | Statements about what you ought to do, on the assumption of some desire or goal. IF you want X, you OUGHT to do Y. |
Categorical Imperatives? | DUTY regardless of what you want. They are what we ought to do. |
What makes an action good? | If they are willed by goodwill. |
Unversalisability? | Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same will that it should become a universal law. |
Universalisability Test? | 1.Formulation 2. Recast as universal law whereby all people must act in the way you intend to. 3.Is this logically conceivable? Contradiction in Conception- I cannot imagine a world where everyone follows this maxim. |
Universalisability Test? (Part 2) | 4. Would you live in the world where this maxim is universal law? Contradiction in Will- I cannot rationally will the world to be this way. |
Consistency of Conception? | Does making the action universal undermine the very definition of the action? |
Consistency of Will? | Does making the action universal undermine the end of the maxim? |
Autonomous actions? | To act autonomously is to act according to laws I give myself. |
Heteronomous actions? | To act according to desires haven't chosen myself. |