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deontology Flashcards

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he is a german enlightenment philosopher who thought to herald the copemican revolution in philosophy

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immanuel kant

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immanuel kant’s brilliant idea

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epistemology and ethics

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when was immanuel kant born

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april 22 1724

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when did immanuel kant die

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february 12 1804

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immanuel’s real name in old prussian almanac

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emanuel

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where did immanuel live

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konigsberg

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immanuel changed his name because it was a more faithful rendition

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true

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what time did immanuel always go out to their town

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4 in the afternoon

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what are immanuels three philosophical questions

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what can i know
what ought i to do
what can i hope for

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what is moral conviction

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doing the right thing is everyone’s duty

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in the case of reggie, a passanger left their baggage in his taxi car. he did not hesistate as he saw the bag, he returned the bag without expecting any award or reward. the moral conviction is one’s duty to do the right thing.

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hence, reggie has moral conviction because he did the right thing.

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a word which is derived from the old french “dev,” and “owed”

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duty

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obliged to pay

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owe

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a word which is derived from the latin word “ligare” meaning “to bind”

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obligation

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this is literally the study of duty/moral obligation

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deontology

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16
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a moral theory which asserts that the morality of an action is based on rules governing duties rather than consequences of an action or motives of an agent

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true

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consequences are more important than actions in determining the moral quality of an action

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false. consequences - action and vice versa

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18
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also called the moral conviction

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principle of action

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19
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to hold the moral conviction means believeing it is one’s duty to do the right thing no matter what

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true

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20
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the moral theory that evil waits actions that are done because of duty is called

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deontology

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21
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immanuel’s book

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the groundwork towards the metpahysics of morals

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in immanuel’s book, he brings our attention to the fact that we, human beings, have the faculty called ______

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rational will

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23
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this is the capacity to act according to self-determined principles

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rational will

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24
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principles are part of pur human nature as rational beings

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true

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understanding rational will to act according to self-determined principles would lead us to point the similarities of animals and human beings

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false. similarities - difference

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meaning the organisms have the ability to perceive and navigate its external environment

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sentient

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27
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animals are sentient organisms

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true

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animals interacts to their surroundings while we humans react to stimuli in order to survive and thrive

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true

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29
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this is the capaticy of a person, in philosophical discussions about human freedom, to be the cause of her actions based on reasons and not merely to mindlessly react to a certain environment, to a simulus and bases impulses or instincts.

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agency

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30
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consists of the mental faculty to construct ideas and thoughs that are beyond our immediate surroundings

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rationality

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31
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this is the capacity for mental abstractions which arises from the ooeration of the faculty of prison

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rationality

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32
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we determine feelings from certain experiences

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true

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33
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we dont have the ability to stop and to think about what we are doing

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false. we have

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34
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as individuals, we are gifted with will and we have rational will

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true

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35
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we can translate our thoughts into actions

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true

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36
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we can remove ourselves from immediacy of our surroundings and reflect on our actions and how actions affect the world

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true

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37
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we cannot imagine a different and better world, create mental images of how we interact with other people in the world

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false, we can

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38
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the reason is the action

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false, thought

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39
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the will is the thought

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false. action

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40
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capacity to imagine, create, plan a better world

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first construction

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41
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capacity to act, enact and carry out the plan of a better world

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second construction

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42
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construct in the act first before thinking

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false. think - act and vice versa

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43
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we human do not only have the ability to imagine but also act

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true

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44
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the faculty to intervene un the world to act in a manner that is consistent

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rational will

45
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the ability to act our thoughts is the basis for rational will

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true

46
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animals have the sense of immediacy

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true

47
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animals’ actions are not negated by any intervening factor

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true

48
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human beings do not think and do not reflect

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false. human beings - animals

49
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animals know how to deliberate on their actions

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false. they dont

50
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animals do not know good or bad actions

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true

51
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human beings have the ability to stop

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true

52
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human beings have the sense of mediation

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true

53
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animals do not only react to their environment but act in accordance to certain moral principles

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false. animals - human beings

54
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your rational will is victorious over your bodily impulses as long as you stay awake

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true

55
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the capacity or ability to act based on intentions

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agency

56
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we do not simply act in accordance with our impulses and desires

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true

57
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we are able to think, to reflect, to deliberate on what could be the possible considering our intentions and mental states

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true

58
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agency is the faculty to intervene in the world, to act in a manner consistent with reason

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true

59
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capacity of a person to be the cause of one’s actions based on reasons

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agency

60
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animals react to response based on reason

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false. reason - stimulus

61
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humans act certain actions based on reason

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true

62
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closely connected to the rational will is

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autonomy

63
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faculty of rational will

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autonomy

64
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this is the property of deontology according to kant

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autonomy

65
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meaning to greek work autos

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self

66
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meaning of the greek word nomos

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law

67
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this faculty means self law and self rule

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autonomy

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inner principle of a person

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self

69
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something that directs, determines, regulates movement, action, behavior

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law

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the will is considered that is subject to a principle or law

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true

71
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autonomy is not only subject to the law, but in such a way that it gives law to itself

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true

72
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the will cannot be considered as the author of the law

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false. can

73
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heteronomy, based on etymology, would refer to other law

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true

74
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meaning of the greek word hetero

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other

75
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autonomous acts based on reason and heteronomous acts based on impulses

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true

76
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autonomous is self law, self acting, self directing, self determining

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true

77
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autonomous is other than the self law

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false. heteronomous

78
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heteronomous is acted upon, being dorected, determined and forces

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true

79
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heteronomous does not need external agent to tell us how to act

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false. autonomous

80
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autonomous is self driven while heteronomous is externally driven

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true

81
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heteronomous is taken upon oneself while autonomous is imposed upon oneself

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false. vice versa

82
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when we thinknof someone being the subject of law, we usually think of an imposing authority figure

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true

83
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word that is derived from the latin word “principis” meaning “first, beginning, orginin”

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principle

84
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the will must comply with the law which is the authority figure

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true

85
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in the concept of immanuel. being autonomous refer to the quality of being the author, origin or first cause of your action

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true

86
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being autonomous needs for an externak authority to impose to action on another individual

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false. needs - doesnt need

87
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in autonmous action, the self is the principle or self legislating authority of the law governing one’s action

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true

88
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a human choice is affected by not determined by

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sensible impulses

89
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autonomy is the pure reason

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true

90
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rational will is reason driven while animal instinct is impulse driven

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true

91
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rational will and animal instinct are both automatic

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true

92
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rational will is the external law (outer self) while animal instinct is the inner self

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false. vice versa

93
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immanuel claims that there is a difference between rationall will and animal instinct

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true

94
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determinable only by inclination like sensible impulses or stimulis would be an animal choice

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free choice

95
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kant says in his book, the choice can be determind by purrsan is free choice

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true

96
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this is usually bodilu and emotional, our urge to sleep, to eat, compromises the set of human compulsions for survival or propagation of human species

examples. we get angry, we got the impulse to hurt

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sensible impulses

97
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autonomy is freedom, the capacity to make free choices

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true

98
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free choice is an action determined by

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pure reason

99
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determined by sensible impulses and is the animal’s choice

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arbitrum brutum

100
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this mental capacity is what makes the intervention possible between stimulus and reaction

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autonomy

101
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we should refrain from reacting mindlessly to triggering stimuli and insteadnconstruct a rational response

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true

102
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we should orient our actions towards an overall

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trie

103
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we are capable of these aims that are mental constructions of the faculty of reason

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true

104
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human choices cannot be affected by impulses

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false. cannot - can

105
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reasons dont automatically cause the actions, we reflect and we deliberate

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false. reasons - impulses

106
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these were the correlative conjunction that are useful when we claim the human person is not only an animal but also rational

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true

107
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we admit the possible causes of our actions that is sensible impulses in the faculty of reason and it’s here where human freedom would reside

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true

108
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act of good will or from the solemotive of duty

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pure practical reason

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