Kant and moral law
[DOC File]Kant’s Theory of Value
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In the first section of the Groundwork Kant argues that implicit in our ordinary judgments about the moral worth of actions and the character they express is a recognition of the moral law as independent of our inclinations.(G403-404) We all recognize, Kant believes, the special moral worth of actions performed precisely because they are the ...
[DOC File]Kant Study Guide - SolanoPhilosophy
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On Kant’s view, the fame-seeker is using his actions as a means to some end other than . respect. for the moral law (duty). The act out of duty is . categorical. because it derives the principle of good from the moral law itself. The act out of fame seeking is . hypothetical, because it looks for …
[DOC File]DUTY THEORY, DEONTOLOGY, KANTIAN ETHICS
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For example, there are: (1) prudence, (2) benevolence, and (3) respect for the moral law. Acts that are done for the first two reasons are hypothetical imperatives. For Kant, when we do things for any other reason than out of duty, our acts are not moral acts. For an act to …
[DOC File]Autonomy and Freedom in Kant and Fichte
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The basis of Kant's deduction of the moral law is what Henry Allison has called the "Reciprocity Thesis", presented on the back page of your Handout. The reciprocity thesis is an alleged mutual entailment between the propositions F and M: F: The rational will is free. M: The moral law …
[DOC File]Kant’s History of Ethics - Stanford University
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Especially noteworthy, however, is Kant’s preference for the principle of moral feeling over that of physical feeling or happiness, because it captures (albeit inadequately) the recognition that practical reason produces the direct desire to do actions that accord with the law, as well as moral feelings of approval regarding such actions.
[DOC File]Kant’s Respect for Persons
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Kant believes that moral experience, for example, the fact that the a person taking a logic text could say "no" to cheating despite his or her interest in cheating, shows that determinism is false. People are not like animals (Kant thinks); we are free to follow the moral law even against all our fondest desires.
[DOC File]THE MORAL ARGUMENT - Weebly
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Furthermore, even if Kant is right about conscience and objective moral law it is not legitimate to infer the existence of anything more than a law-giver (which need not be God). Alternatively there are those who argue that objective moral laws can be derived from an assessment of …
[DOCX File]Kant
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A moral law is an unconditional rule that we adopt that guides our actions. This observation leads Kant to the statement of his famous Categorical Imperative : Act only on those maxims which we can will to be universal laws of nature.
[DOC File]Kant’s Four Examples
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Kant’ss argument: M(a1) cannot be a universal law. If M(a1) cannot be a universal law, then no one can consistently will that M(a1) be a universal law. a1 is morally right if and only if the agent thinking about doing a1 can consistently will that M(a1) be a universal law. (The Categorical Imperative) Therefore, a1 is not morally right. 2.
Kant’s Ethical Theory
Kant’s Fundamental Principle of Moral Obligation—the . Categorical Imperative. First Formulation (CI1) Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it. should become a universal law. Interpretation of “can at the same time will that it should become a universal law”—
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