WEEK 8 - CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

immanuel kant

who proposed the categorical imperative

kant believed that rationality should be the only foundation of ethics and morality, no god required

the reason why categorical imperative was created

morality, absolute

____ is a product of rationality, therefore the categorical imperative is _____

good will

a necessary principle wherein you do things because it is morally correct, not because of the result that it might produce

deontological ethical theory

categorical imperative is a form of?

categorical imperative

this is known as the duty or obligation based ethical theory

direct order

categorical imperative is also known as?

principle of universalizability, principle of humanity, principle of autonomy

what are the formulations need to be followed in order for categorical imperative to be considered as good?

principle of universalizability

an action is right, if and only if you could rationally will it to be universal

maxim

this means a rule and/or principle of action

there is a contradiction

what is the reason for the goal to not be achieved even if everyone is doing the same maxim?

principle of humanity

this is an act as to treat humanity/man as an end, not as means only. this is about treating people and ourselves as end in themselves (as a being of intrinsic value)

principle of autonomy

this is where you understand that when a moral agent acts, they are not only a follower of universal law, they are also the maker of universal law