deontology

Question 1

conceptually prior

Answer 1

male is conceptually prior to brother. in order to understand what a male sibling is you must understand what a male is.

Question 2

Kant’s theory of action

Answer 2

• inclination: a feeling that makes some end seem desirable or attractive
• reason: our cognitive faculty that allows us to figure out which inclinations to act upon and how to react those ends

Question 3

maxim=

Answer 3

inclination + reason

Question 4

Good Will Thesis

Answer 4

the good will is the only good without qualification

nothing other than the good will is unconditionally good

Question 5

deontology

Answer 5

an outside in approach

looks at the rightness of the motives to determine the goodness of the state of affairs

“the right is prior to the good”