Kant Flashcards
What was the link between history, sociology and reality for Kant?
They gave us insight into human reality and perception, leading to understandings of rationality and conscience.
What did Kant think of experience?
Experience creates the reality around us. The way reality appears is how it should be considered.
What did Kant think of autonomy?
Human beings are to be respected and they cannot be used as a means. They must be able to guide themselves.
What did Kant say of good will?
Being a good person is most important, something that everyone has the capacity to do.
What is Kant’s view of ethical motivation?
To promote human flourishing for all people, which you should do unconditionally for the respect of humanity.
What did Kant think of moral worth?
It is not natural, we must do what is expected from the common social sphere. There is a universal structure of morality.
What did Kant think of duty and reason?
To be rational is your duty: it is the only way to understand what is good. Also there is a duty to surpress inclinations. Ethics is a result from acting from duty, not acting because of duty.
What did Kant think of perfection?
It must be possible so that we can aspire to reach it up until our death. It is about combining happiness with morality, which is to be worthy of happiness.
Why is Kant’s view of freedom different from a modern definition?
Being free today means you can do whatever you want (desires, pleasures), while Kant said it was the recognition through reason of what is needed so that people are without a master.
What would Hegel say about Kant’s philosophy?
It is too impartial and objective. We need to understand context if we are to understand something. The importance of something depends on things around it.
