PP110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Consequentialism, Categorical Imperative, Virtue Ethics
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76 (one categorical imperative characterized in three ways) - worth looking at: What makes an action right? ( aristotle; virtue theory focuses on the character/agent, For utilitarianism: the answer is consequences, the effects of the action. For deontology: the quality of the will that performs the action. If your will is pure in performing a given action then by that fact the action is right, no matter what consequences it has. (actions from 3 motivations; from duty, self interest, and inclination where the only moral acts are those from duties) Imperative = a command (two types; hypothetical and categorical) Hypothetical imperatives= distinct from categorical ones (hypothetical, if you then a conditional statement to which one aims to achieve a goal ) If i were to command you to do something categorically: you should simply follow the command.
