Basic Flashcards
What does deontological mean
Duty based: three rightness or wrongness of an action is decided by what your duty is
What is the Greek word for deontological
Deon
What does teleological mean?
Goal orientated
What do deontologists focus on?
The action itself
What does teleological focus on
The consequence of an action
What does reason mean in Kant’s theory
Our ability to think things through
What did Kant argue about a reasoned response and a emotional response
Reasoned response is always going to be more clear
What did Kant believe about reason and autonomy
We all have the power to reason through difficult decisions
You must not take any actin if it’s affects someone’s ability to use their….
Reasoning kills
Which era did Kant play a big part in
Enlightenment- pushing people to take responsibility for their actions
Quote on the good will
“The only thing good in itself it the good will”
What is the good Will
Something inside you that wants you to do the right thing
The good will wants us to do the right thing because it is right, not because it has favourable…
Consequences
According to Kant we let… Govern our actions
Emotions
What should we use instead of our emotions to make the right decision
Duty we find our duty through the categorical imperative
What did some psychologists argue Kant’s extraordinary skills and behaviour came from
Autism
What does Kant having autism explain
Difficulty in relating to the emotional aspects to our decision making
Explain Kant’s theory of the mind
Allows us to place ourselves in the position of others
Does Kant have theory of mind
No, baron-Cohen explains that autistic children do not have the theory of the mind
What did Kant famously say about empathy that lead people to think he had Aspergers
Empathy was not necessary for morality
What is a maxim
A short statement that express a command or intention to act
Unless your maxim passes the categorical imperative…
You Must not take that action as it is your duty not to
What is the quote for universalisability
“Act only according to that maxim where pay you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law”
What does universalisability ask of you
Would it be possible for everyone to follow that maxim
Would it be rational for everyone to follow that maxim
What is the 2nd categorical Imperative
Treat People as an end in themselves
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
What is the third categorical imperative
Act as if you are living in a kingdom of ends
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
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”
What are we all born with
Innate moral law inside us
How do work out what the moral law is
Through our moral reasoning
What does the summon bonum mean
Highest happiness
What is apriori
Knowledge of the world without any experience of the world
What us an example of apriori knowledge
2+2=4
