PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kantianism
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The following lists moral phenomenons: morality is prescriptive, morality is impartial, killing for sport is immoral, and helping the poor, morality is flexible, the moral community includes animals. Morality has a partiality (prejudice) too (family before. Integrity is an important moral good (jim & george. Justice is a very important moral good (respect people"s friends) example) rights: however, utilitarianism poorly supports this claim because in improving overall well being the most by violating people"s rights should be done. It answers a moral action is an action that respects others autonomy (independence) Specifically, a moral action is one that does not intentionally conflict with another"s capacity to choose his or her own pursuits: examples going to movies or becoming a doctor. Kant says, we should treat humanity in a way that is distinctive of humanity (capacity to choose their own choices: look at the capacity others have!
