PPT-Kant: the good will, duty and the Categorical Imperative

Michael Lacewing enquiriesalevelphilosophycouk Michael Lacewing Deontology Morality is a matter of duty Whether something is right or wrong doesnt depend on its consequences Actions are right or wrong in themselves. 2 2 The title of Common Rational Knowledge of Mo“common rational knowledge of morality,” which is a fancy term for common moral ideas. How, from this starting point, does Kant derive the Fo Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Utilitarianism. Simple act utilitarianism: if telling a lie creates more happiness than telling the truth (or keeping silent), then telling a lie is morally right. Kantian Moral Theory . and the Liberal View of Sexual Morality. Kantian Moral Theory. Immanuel Kant. (1724-1804) revolutionized philosophical ethics. Prior to Kant, people sought the origin of morality in the natural order, in the ends proper to human beings, or in feelings. In contrast, Kant seeks the conditions of the possibility of morality and locates them in the autonomy, the self-legislation, of the will.. – Universalisability “ Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law .” Kant’s first formulation of t 3 insights form the basis for his theory. . An action has moral worth if it is done for the sake of duty. (. DUTY). An action is morally correct if its maxim can be willed as a universal law. (. UNIVERSALIZABILITY). PARRHESIA DUTY OF APATHY Paul Formosa An apathetic life is not the sort of life that most of us would want for ourselves or believe that we have a duty to strive for. And yet Kant argues that w ETHICS. ETHICS BOWL. STARTER QUESTION. Think . of as many different motivations as you can for why this person might be helping someone:. Do some of the motivations make the act better than others. ?. PHL 110: Ethics. North Central College. Fall, 2009. Immanuel Kant. 1724–1804. Pietism. Pietism, a reform movement within German Lutheranism stressed inner religious conversion and upright conduct over doctrinal exactness. . enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Utilitarianism. Simple act utilitarianism: if telling a lie creates more happiness than telling the truth (or keeping silent), then telling a lie is morally right. Mill: wider consequences. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing. Kant: starting points. ‘Categorical imperative’: ‘Act . only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law’. Kant’s Objections to Utilitarianism. :. Utilitarianism takes no account of integrity - the accidental act or one done with evil intent if promoting good ends is the good act!. Utilitarians hold the moral agent responsible for outcomes that are neither foreseeable nor controllable.. Immanuel Kant. Overview. Nothing but a morally good will is unconditionally good.. Moral goodness depends on principle, not consequences.. Supreme moral principle: . Categorical Imperative. First formulation: . -/00111-/00111-/001112-/001112 Basing morality on interests and preferences destroys its dignity It doesnt teach us how to distinguish right from wrong but only to become better at calculation3If our Deontological (Duty-Based Approaches). Actions are inherently good or bad.. Help the less fortunate. . Steal.. Kant’s Categorical Imperative. Act always on the principle that ensures that all individuals will be treated as ends in themselves and never as merely a means to an end..