explain Kant's reasons for using the categorical imperative
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- explain Kant's reasons for using the categorical imperative
- formula of the end in itself
- kant believes that we should not exploit others or treat them to achieve an ends
- to treat another person as a means is to deny that person the right to be a rational and independent judge of his or her own actions
- kant believes that we should not exploit others or treat them to achieve an ends
- introduction
- deontological focuses on the act
- absolute
- his moral arguments are priori synthetic
- Kant was a deontologist . he believed that the consequences of our actions are irrelevant to whether they are right or not
- formula of a kingdom of ends
- everyone should act as if every other person was an end - a free autonomous agent
- Pretend you live as a member of (and as a leader of) the Kingdom of Ends where all people live as if these rules are totally valid
- the difference between the categorical imperative and the hypothetical imperative
- the categorical imperative
- the categorical imperative are moral commands and do not begin with an if
- they tell everyone what to do
- according to kant they apply to everyone because they are based on an objective a priori law of reason
- they tell everyone what to do
- the categorical imperative are moral commands and do not begin with an if
- the hypothetical imperative
- hypothetical imperatives are not moral commands to the will , as they do not apply to everyone
- they only need to be obeyed if an individual wants to achieve a certain goal
- hypothetical imperative always begins with an if
- they only need to be obeyed if an individual wants to achieve a certain goal
- hypothetical imperatives are not moral commands to the will , as they do not apply to everyone
- the categorical imperative
- universalization of the laws
- kant first form appeals to our rationality
- kant believed that this was how moral decisions should be made
- it can be applied from the golden rule " treat everyone how you would like to be treated"
- duty and good will
- duty
- duty is what makes good will good
- it is important that duty is done for its own sake
- our motives need to be pure
- it is important that duty is done for its own sake
- kant argues we must choose to do good actions and choose to avoid bad ones anything else is not morality
- duty is what makes good will good
- good will
- Kant believed that there was nothing that could be said to be good except a good will
- the only good in itself is the good will - the will to do one duty.
- Kant believed that there was nothing that could be said to be good except a good will
- duty
- formula of the end in itself
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