Deontology

Question 1

What does deontology mean

Answer 1

The understanding of duty

Question 2

Absolutist

Answer 2

Tells us actions have real moral value and cannot be broken

Question 3

Explain kantian deontology

Answer 3

Moral rules exist as rational facts
We know what is right and wrong from reason
Reason is accessible to all
Right/ wrong established from a sense of moral obligation

Question 4

What is the categorical imperative

Answer 4

One moral rule- accessible to all- covers all situations
Based on duty- excludes other things like pleasure
Must act out of personal sense of duty

Question 5

What is universalisation

Answer 5

Only act of action you take without contradiction can become a universal law
-(something everyone should do)
Only act that way if everyone in the world acted that way we would still have a good outcome

Question 6

What is means/ends

Answer 6

Must treat everyone as rational and moral beings

No excuse for using people to get what we want treat people as an end not as an mean

Question 7

What is the kingdom of ends

Answer 7

Always treat people as if they lived in the kingdom of ends
Cannot exclude anyone from moral consideration
All people are good

Question 8

What is a priori

Answer 8

Something can be known through reason without requiring experience

Question 9

What is synthetic

Answer 9

The predicate is not included in the subject

Question 10

W.d Ross

What is intuition

Answer 10

Something we know or understand by our instinct

Question 11

W.d Ross

What does he believe

Answer 11

-we are over complicating moral theory
-right/wrong is not hard
-we simply know moral facts
Everyone has some sort of ingrained morality

Question 12

What are prima facile duties

W.d. Ross

Answer 12

Truthfulness 
Repayment of debt 
Gratitude 
Non- maeficence 
Justice 
Beneficence 
Self-improvement

Question 13

Prima facie duties

W.d. Ross

Answer 13

Everyone knows them
Not absolute
Our usual duties but may not be under certain circumstances

Question 14

Loci all positivism

W.d. Ross

Answer 14

Truth is within the power of human reason

Question 15

Strengths of deontology

Answer 15

Humanitarian principle- all people are considered to be equal
Everyone can access it

Justice is always an absolute, even if the majority of people do not benefit
Takes away the idea on conflict

Recognises the value of moral absolutes that do not change with time or culture
Idea of certainty
Doesn’t change-won’t cause cause conflict

Question 16

Weaknesses of deontology

Answer 16

Kant is very complicated
Needs to be changed
His claim that his theory is accessible to all might over estimate the iq’s f a large Minority of the population

Too absolute
Sometimes consequences matter
Morality needs to be able to take these into account

Question 17

Weaknesses of deontology

Answer 17

Kant is very complicated
Needs to be changed
His claim that his theory is accessible to all might over estimate the iq’s f a large Minority of the population

Too absolute
Sometimes consequences matter
Morality needs to be able to take these into account