Kant Deontological Ethics Kant Rejects Utilitarianism Does not deny that we seek pleasure and avoid pain but rejects the notion that pleasure and pain are our sovereign masters Instead emphasizes our autonomy freedom and rationality because it is these which render dignity to each pers ID: 200042
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ImmanuelKant
Deontological EthicsSlide2
Kant Rejects Utilitarianism
Does not deny that we seek pleasure and avoid pain, but rejects the notion that pleasure and pain are our
sovereign
masters.
Instead emphasizes our autonomy (freedom) and rationality, because it is these which render dignity to each person, and dignity demands respect. Slide3
Kant’s Conception of Freedom
Autonomy
To act freely
To act according to a law I give myself
Heteronomy
To act according to desires I haven’t chosen myselfSlide4
Kant’s Conception of Morality
The moral worth of an action depends upon motive, i.e. doing the right thing for the right reasonSlide5
“A good will isn’t good because of what it effects or accomplishes, it’s good in itself. Even if by utmost effort the good will accomplishes nothing it would still shine like a jewel for its own sake as something which has its full value in itself.”
Immanuel KantSlide6
Three Contrasts
Morality
Motives: Duty versus Inclination
Freedom
Determination of Autonomy versus
Will: Heteronomy
Reason
Imperatives: Categorical versus
HypotheticalSlide7
Categorical vs. Hypothetical Imperatives
Hypothetical imperatives are generally distinguished by being a) interest or goal related; b) avoidable; and c) individualized, not universal
.
Categorical Imperatives are commands which are independent of an individual person’s interests or goals and are hence a) not interest or goal related; b) unavoidable; and c) universal
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Formula of the Universal Law
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act only on that maxim
(a rule or principle that gives reason to your action)
that you can will as a universal law.”Slide9
Formula of humanity as an end
“Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end.”