deontology Flashcards
he is a german enlightenment philosopher who thought to herald the copemican revolution in philosophy
immanuel kant
immanuel kant’s brilliant idea
epistemology and ethics
when was immanuel kant born
april 22 1724
when did immanuel kant die
february 12 1804
immanuel’s real name in old prussian almanac
emanuel
where did immanuel live
konigsberg
immanuel changed his name because it was a more faithful rendition
true
what time did immanuel always go out to their town
4 in the afternoon
what are immanuels three philosophical questions
what can i know
what ought i to do
what can i hope for
what is moral conviction
doing the right thing is everyone’s duty
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.
hence, reggie has moral conviction because he did the right thing.
a word which is derived from the old french “dev,” and “owed”
duty
obliged to pay
owe
a word which is derived from the latin word “ligare” meaning “to bind”
obligation
this is literally the study of duty/moral obligation
deontology
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
true
consequences are more important than actions in determining the moral quality of an action
false. consequences - action and vice versa
also called the moral conviction
principle of action
to hold the moral conviction means believeing it is one’s duty to do the right thing no matter what
true
the moral theory that evil waits actions that are done because of duty is called
deontology
immanuel’s book
the groundwork towards the metpahysics of morals
in immanuel’s book, he brings our attention to the fact that we, human beings, have the faculty called ______
rational will
this is the capacity to act according to self-determined principles
rational will
principles are part of pur human nature as rational beings
true