KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: British Idealism, Immanuel Kant, Categorical Imperative
24 Mar 2018
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Combination: biologically constrained (materialists" point), but not biologically determined (dualists" point) Assumption we are meaning-seeking creatures (not simply atoms) You cannot experience things outside of your body. Embodied or lived experience as real as measurable human qualities. 2 sides of a piece paper, mind-body connection. Unpredictable, adaptable, exible in action/open to change, inventive/creative/ complex . Mind is high functioning while body is low functioning. Less impressive to more impressive from left to right. More sedentary to more sense perceptual and motor active from up to down. How do we educate and treat people (as a machine, or more meaningful) One of dominant approaches to ethical deliberation (deontological ethics duty ) Permissible acts/behaviours only that which can be practiced by all (ie. murder) Possible to do good purely out of desire to do good (not for extrinsic reward: categorical imperative (deontological ethics) Everyone"s a feeling of obligation (from god) to obey moral laws (sense of moral duty)
