RELI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vedas, Trimurti
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Which person best represents Kantian deontology?
Susie refused the take Jimmy's life because to kill him would be to treat Jimmy purely as an instrument or object to whatever end she was trying to achieve. | ||
Susie refused to take Jimmy's life, even in self defense, because in her religion it is considered a sin for which she will be punished by her god. | ||
Susie refused to take Jimmy's life because if all people were to take the lives of others the world would be chaos. | ||
Susie refused to take Jimmy's life because doing so would make her a vicious person. |
According to Kant's theory, being capable of acting morally means you have dignity and to have dignity means you are priceless. Things and persons who lack this capacity, lack moral worth.
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According to Kant's theory, there are certain actions, such as lying, that we are never permitted to do regardless of the affects of those actions on others.
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What gives humans value for Kant?
Being valued by others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Having the capacity to reason. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Having capacity to love others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acting morally. All are important components in Kantâs theory except for which of the following:
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