Kantian Ethics

Question 1

Key person of Kantian Ethics

Answer 1

Immanuel Kant

Question 2

The key aspect of Kantian Ethics

Answer 2

Intentions

Question 3

What does reason mean

Answer 3

the ability to work out through reflection the question of what you are to do

Question 4

What does intention mean

Answer 4

what is ‘aimed for’ when acting. Why you are doing what you are doing

Question 5

What does Universalisable mean

Answer 5

describes an action that could be done by all, all the time, without contradiction.

Question 6

What does Kant think about consequences

Answer 6

He thinks that the rightness or wrongness of actions does not depend on their consequences but on our intentions.

Question 7

So how do you know the right thing to do?

Answer 7

1. Could everyone act as I propose to act? Is my action universalisable?
2. Does my action respect everyone or am I using people as a means to an end?
3. If I made the laws for the world to ensure that everyone was treated with dignity, what would they be?

Question 8

Criticisms of Kantian Ethics

Answer 8

Inflexible and

Consequences are more important than intentions

Question 9

Keywords

Answer 9

intentions, universalize, reason, maxim

Question 10

What does maxim mean

Answer 10

A maxim is a rule that connects an action to the reasons for the action