MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Categorical Imperative
30 Jan 2020
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Age of reason - belief in the power of reason. Irrationale: not thinking about anything with reason, just a random conclusion. Believe must create foundation from most general & abstract truths. Take it as self-evident; what is right is doing one"s duties are. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you - thinking behind a deontologist. Deontologists must give formula to help determine what duties are. Developed categorical imperative which is a non-consequential version of ethics. One version categorical imperative commands us to act only on that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law or a universal law of nature . Duly to act in a certain way according to moral laws. What is everyone did it kind of theory. 2: respect autonomy - everyone gets to decide what the moral law is. Treat humanity as an end in itself & never merely as a means.
