3/7/02 Deontology


Extra Credit if you E-mail a member of the Board of Education (flyer was given in class)and voice your opinion.

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.