Kantian ethics

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madi

Cards (13)

categorical imperative
-must do no exceptions
-perfect duties
central principles and instructs us to act in a way that could consistently serve as a universal law
hypothetical imperative
-things you do to achieve a goal
-imperfect duties (flexible)
-conditional command/recomendation
good will 
moral value of an action depends on the motive behind it
3 categorical imperative criteria
-universalisation: applicable in all space, time and circumstance without criticism
-people as an end to themselves: never use a person as a way of getting something
-autonomous moral agents (kingdom of ends): you should live as if everyone follows the categorical imperative
perfect duties
-duties to oneself (e.g. do not lie)
-duties to others (e.g. do not kill)
these are followed with no exceptions
imperfect duties
-different for everyone
-duty to oneself (e.g. development of talents)
-duty to others (e.g. help those in need)
moral knowledge as 'a priori'
in the sense it precodes and is independent from empirical experiences (don't need senses already know)
summum bonum
-highest good or ultimate good
-combination of two elements (moral virtue and happiness)
moral judgment as 'a priori synthetic'
they are not derived from empirical observations/experiences but also not mere and autologies/definitional truths, instead application of principles requires reference to world of experience to be understood(from beyond the world ,applied to the world(what is right and wrong))
3 postulates
-immorality
-freedom
-god
postulate of immorality
must be an afterlife as we do not have enough time or circumstances to reach summum bonum without immorality
postulate of freedom
because there is a moral code (law) and we have an ability to reason we must be free and have free will
postulate fo god
god exists due to the moral order and the realisation of the highest good. the knowledge came from god. immorality and freedom exist (need a god for existence)