030702 Deontology


Extra Credit-E-mail a member of the Board of Education (flyer given in class) and voice your opinion, be heard.

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Deontology Kant
Reason produces one result in moral deliberation/decision making conscience-Nazi’s are impossible if the Nazi really thinks about his act.
-criticism 1. Kant underestimates the influence of culture or moral beliefs

Moral Action: Reason winning out over selfish desire
Reason/Morality *********** Desire/Selfishness

Hypothetical imperatives -if you don’t have the relevant desire.

If you are going to apply universal law formulation of the moral law (categorical imperatives). *Can I imagine a world where everyone did it(following your principal) the way I did it?
*If everyone stole there would be no concept of personal property so stealing would be impossible.
*If everyone murdered, nobody would be left alive, so murdering would be impossible.
* If everyone broke promises, no one would accept promises, they would be meaningless.