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. 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.. 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). Chapter 12. Programs written in imperative programming languages consist of . A program state. Instructions that change the program state. Program instructions are “imperative” in the grammatical sense of imperative verbs that express a command. 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. ?. Daniel Bush, DPI School Financial Services. WASBO Accounting Conference. March 16, 2016. Targeted purpose. Outside revenue limit. Offsets shared cost. Usually “sum-certain,” often prorated. Three broad types. Jamal . Alsakran. The University of Jordan. Xiaoke. Huang, . Ye . Zhao. Kent State University. Jing . Yang. UNC . Charlotte. Karl . Fast. Kent State University. Categorical . Datasets. Generated in a large variety of applications. Democracy and Constitutional Design in a Divided Fiji. 1. Romitesh Kant 2016 Pacific Constitution Researchers Network. BACKGROUND. 46 years since Independence; 4 coups, a rebellion (2000), four Constitutions . Categorical data. Some variables are inherently categorical, for example:. Sex. Race. Occupation. Other categorical variables are created by grouping values of a quantitative variable into classes. . 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: . Professor of Law Texas AM University School of Law Many thanks to Sameer Ashar Jennifer Koh Annie Lai and other participants in the UC Irvine Clinical Scholarship Workshop who provided very helpful co 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..