kantian ethics

Question 1

what is kantian ethics

Answer 1

• interested in the right action and not simply the right outcome
• ’ duty for dutys sake’.
• dont act out of selfishness or feeling morally obliged to.

Question 2

autonomy

Answer 2

self ruling - free to make our own deciisons
kant believes we are rational enough to determine what the rules are
people can determine this through his hypothetical imperatives

Question 3

hypothetical imperative

Answer 3

• ## moral obligations dependant on a desired goal

Question 4

categorical imperatives

Answer 4

• an unconditional moral obligation worked out through reason
• lying and scuicide cannot be condoned in all scenarios so it can never be condoned
• popular thing to show criiticisms of this is through his theory of lying to murderers and my sisters keeper

Question 5

how can you determine if something is a hypothetical imperative or a categorical imperative

Answer 5

universal law
people as an ends
kingdom of ends

Question 6

kants three postulates for nay morality to function

Answer 6

free will, immortal/afterlife, god exists

Question 7

strenghts of kantian ethics

Answer 7

• universal law is fair, can be supported in any faith due to golden triangle and makes it easier to apply
• less proned to emotional/personal bias as his theory is based on reason and duty

Question 8

weaknesses of kantian ethics

Answer 8

• to ignore the outcome of actions is naive
• its too ideological and theoretical; people are immoral, so this does not account for apparent goods
• you cant accuralty judge intentions
• no flexibibility in his arguement for extreme circumstance
• motiving factor to moral good actions is is summon bonnum