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What does deontological mean

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Duty based: three rightness or wrongness of an action is decided by what your duty is

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What is the Greek word for deontological

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Deon

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What does teleological mean?

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Goal orientated

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What do deontologists focus on?

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The action itself

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What does teleological focus on

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The consequence of an action

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What does reason mean in Kant’s theory

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Our ability to think things through

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What did Kant argue about a reasoned response and a emotional response

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Reasoned response is always going to be more clear

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What did Kant believe about reason and autonomy

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We all have the power to reason through difficult decisions

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You must not take any actin if it’s affects someone’s ability to use their….

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Reasoning kills

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Which era did Kant play a big part in

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Enlightenment- pushing people to take responsibility for their actions

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Quote on the good will

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“The only thing good in itself it the good will”

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What is the good Will

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Something inside you that wants you to do the right thing

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The good will wants us to do the right thing because it is right, not because it has favourable…

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Consequences

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According to Kant we let… Govern our actions

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Emotions

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What should we use instead of our emotions to make the right decision

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Duty we find our duty through the categorical imperative

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What did some psychologists argue Kant’s extraordinary skills and behaviour came from

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Autism

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What does Kant having autism explain

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Difficulty in relating to the emotional aspects to our decision making

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Explain Kant’s theory of the mind

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Allows us to place ourselves in the position of others

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Does Kant have theory of mind

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No, baron-Cohen explains that autistic children do not have the theory of the mind

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What did Kant famously say about empathy that lead people to think he had Aspergers

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Empathy was not necessary for morality

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What is a maxim

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A short statement that express a command or intention to act

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Unless your maxim passes the categorical imperative…

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You Must not take that action as it is your duty not to

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What is the quote for universalisability

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“Act only according to that maxim where pay you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law”

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What does universalisability ask of you

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Would it be possible for everyone to follow that maxim

Would it be rational for everyone to follow that maxim

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What is the 2nd categorical Imperative
Treat People as an end in themselves
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What does the second CI ask of us
We have intrinsic value because we are rational beings Are you using that person to get what you want
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What is the third categorical imperative
Act as if you are living in a kingdom of ends
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What does the third categorical imperative mean
You must not assume that others will do the wrong thing You must assume everyone is following the categorical imperative In this way you will be working towards a kingdom where All decision makers are doing the right thing You have to act as if everyone is following that same maxim as you
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Quote about the I mate moral law
"Two things fill my mind with awe.. The stary skies above me and the moral law within me"
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What are we all born with
Innate moral law inside us
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How do work out what the moral law is
Through our moral reasoning
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What does the summon bonum mean
Highest happiness
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What is apriori
Knowledge of the world without any experience of the world
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What us an example of apriori knowledge
2+2=4
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What does Kant argue about apriori
Moral truths can be known apriori
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What is a posterior
Knowledge that we can know by experiencing the world
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What is an example of a posterior?
Snow is white
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Who believes that we gain knowledge by experiencing the world
Utilitarians
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What group is Kant out under
Rationalist
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What is a hypothetical imperative
I will do x because it will give me y
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What is a categorical imperative
I will do x because x is the right thing to do
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When does Kant believe we can use a hypothetical Imperative
Non moral mattes
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What does morality guide us to?
Our actions and not the consequence
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Categorical mean?
Not optional
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What can morality not be based on
Happiness
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Morality must be based on?
Reason
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Reason is universal and not dependent on?
What we want in content
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What is reason?
The ability to think things through
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Do we all have autonomous minds
Yes
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The enlightenment on Kant's behalf orders us to
Take responsibility for our actions
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What is our sole motivation for our moral action
Good will
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How do we find out what our duty is
We use our moral reasoning to find our innate moral law
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What does "ought imply"
Can
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When are you not duty bound
If the action is not possible
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What does Kant argue about being moral and not having a reward
Explains that is it irrational
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When is the summon bonum given to us
After life
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What are the three postulates
God Immortality Autonomy
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What does morality guide us to?
Our actions and not the consequence
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Categorical mean?
Not optional
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What can morality not be based on
Happiness
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Morality must be based on?
Reason
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Reason is universal and not dependent on?
What we want in content
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What is reason?
The ability to think things through
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Do we all have autonomous minds
Yes
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The enlightenment on Kant's behalf orders us to
Take responsibility for our actions
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What is our sole motivation for our moral action
Good will
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How do we find out what our duty is
We use our moral reasoning to find our innate moral law
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What does "ought imply"
Can
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When are you not duty bound
If the action is not possible
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What does Kant argue about being moral and not having a reward
Explains that is it irrational
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When is the summon bonum given to us
After life
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What are the three postulates
God Immortality Autonomy
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What does morality guide us to?
Our actions and not the consequence
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Categorical mean?
Not optional
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What can morality not be based on
Happiness
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Morality must be based on?
Reason
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Reason is universal and not dependent on?
What we want in content
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What is reason?
The ability to think things through
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Do we all have autonomous minds
Yes
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The enlightenment on Kant's behalf orders us to
Take responsibility for our actions
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What is our sole motivation for our moral action
Good will
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How do we find out what our duty is
We use our moral reasoning to find our innate moral law
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What does "ought imply"
Can
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When are you not duty bound
If the action is not possible
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What does Kant argue about being moral and not having a reward
Explains that is it irrational
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When is the summon bonum given to us
After life
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What are the three postulates
God Immortality Autonomy

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