Kant’s Categorical Imperatives Flashcards
Kant believed that religion and morality were?
A bad pairing
Kant believed in order to determine what’s right and wrong you use
Reason and consideration for others
Kant believed that morals shouldn’t regard
Beliefs(religion, etc.)
Kant believed that if you looked to religion for morality you would
Not find the same answer
Kant viewed morality as a..
Constant(like math)
Hypothetical Imperatives
Commands you should follow if you want something. If-then statements. Based on prudents. Job analogy.
Kant viewed morality through?
Categorical Imperatives
Categorical Imperatives
commands you must follow regardless of your desires. Obligations derived from reason.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to be moral….
The moral law is binding on all of us
You don’t need _____ to figure out right and wrong
Religion
Categorical Imperatives are understood in…
Formulations
Formulation 1?
The Universalizability Principal
What is the Universalizability Principal?
“Act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it should becomes a universal law without contradiction”
What is a maxim?
Rule or principal of action
What is a universal law?
A law that must be followed always in similar situations
What does the chom-chom analogy say?
If you approve of the maxim of stealing then you are universalizing it and saying everyone should always steal.
What is the contradiction of the chom-chom analogy?
Kant’s wording says moral actions cannot bring contradictions
What is the lesson learned in the chom-chom analogy?
No one should steal because it’s not fair to make exceptions for yourself
What does Kant think about lying?
It’s bad and no one should do it(shooter analogy)
What is formulation 2?
The Formula of Humanity
What is the Formula of Humanity?
“Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another always as an end, and never as mere means.”
What does mere means mean?
To use for your own benefit with no thought to the interests or benefit of the thing your using(can’t use humans as mere means[ends in ourselves])
What does ends in ourselves mean?
Not objects, owns ends, rational and autonomous, we can set goals, and work towards them
Are humans ends or means?
Ends
When can we not use people?
In the case of autonomy
