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Three issues for Kantian deontology Michael Lacewing
enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk © Michael Lacewing<br>
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Kant’s deontology Maxim: personal principle that guides decisions (intention)
Morality: a set of principles that are the same for everyone and that apply to everyone
The will: our ability to make choices and decisions. We can make choices on the basis of reasons, so our wills are rational.
‘Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law’ © Michael Lacewing<br>
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Conflicts between duties Kant argues that our moral duties are absolute.
A duty is absolute if it permits no exceptions.
Nothing can override a moral duty, because it is categorical.
Can’t two absolute duties conflict, e.g. should I break a promise or tell a lie?
Reply: there can be no real conflict of duties
Perhaps our duty is not ‘don’t lie’, but ‘don’t lie except to save a life’ © Michael Lacewing<br>