Kantian Deontology

Question 1

What is the first formulation of the categorical imperative?

Answer 1

The Principle of Universalisation

Question 2

What is the second formulation of the categorical imperative?

Answer 2

The Harmony Principle

the ends/means principle

Question 3

What is the third formulation of the categorical imperative?

Answer 3

The Universal Kingdom of Ends

Question 4

Define The Principle of Universalisation

Answer 4

“Act only on those maxims or principles which can be willed to be universal laws of nature for all rational beings.”

Question 5

Define The Harmony Principle

Answer 5

“Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end.”

Question 6

Define The Universal Kingdom of Ends

Answer 6

“Act as if you were, through our maxims, a law-making member of a universal kingdom of ends.”