PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deontological Ethics, Immanuel Kant
1 Nov 2017
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Immanuel kant: ethics grounded in reason, ethics and obligation grounded in concepts of pure reason. Not empirical circumstances or nature of persons: experience and judgement necessary for practical rules and applying law, the good will. A good will is only thing with intrinsic, unconditional worth: choosing the right thing for the right reason. What about intelligence, moderation, courage, etc: can be bad/harmful. Kantian agency: rational persons act for reasons (reasons derived from principles/laws) and thereby have wills (faculty of choosing, we regard ourselves as free and free will gives itself laws, moral law is law of the autonomous person. Value of an action: don"t merely look to act but to it"s inner principle (i. e. maxim, value not in consequences, moral law determines will without reference to expected effect, reason vs. lack thereof, vs. consequence. Acts with moral worth: not those that violate moral law. !1: not those that merely conform to moral law (accidentally)
