PHI 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kantian Ethics, Deontological Ethics, Consequentialism
16 Feb 2018
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In his groundwork for the metaphysics of morals, kant claims: [duty] is the necessity of an action from respect for law. The consequences of an act are morally irrelevant. We don"t worry about results, but concerns about duty and obligation - we do the right thing for no other reason than we have a duty to do the right thing. Don"t use word law in legal sense - we do the morally right things that law asks us to do. The position that people"s actions are right or wrong because of their consequence (their results) The ethical system in which morality is determined by duty or laws. Kantian ethics, in which the only actions that are moral are those performed out of one"s duty to follow the moral law, as opposed to acts performed out of desire. Action of people should not depend upon consequences, rather should be dictated by categorical imperatives that fulfil duty of human being.
