Kant The Info Flashcards
What would happen if a murder’r asked where our friend was hiding?kantian and utilitarian
Kant would say we should tell the murder where they were because it’s morally wrong to lie.
Whereas utilitarian would say lie to the murder because you are protecting the most amount of people
What is good will?
The highest form of good
To have a good will is to what?
To do ones duty
What else should you do to have a good will?
Preform actions that are morally right
The categorical imperative helps us 1) it should also tell us what ? (2)
1) identify which actions are obligatory and which are morally wrong
2) what we should do
Kant says morality is 1) and it 1) moral behaviour
1) prescriptive
A moral person is also a …
Rational one
What makes an act good? What example goes with this
If it’s morally right / the example is that you should only give money to a beggar if you are being sincere not to please yourself
What is the universal law?
There is only one categorical imperative : act only accordingly to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law
What’s the hypothetical imperative
If you want x you must do y eg if you want a sandwich you must open the fridge
Who’s theory is Kants the complete opposite of?
Utilitarian
