PHILOS 4 Lecture 4: 4th lecture
7 Feb 2016
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You kant lie : you undermine or damage their interests. Wronging: has to violate something (ex. Principle, right: has to do with ethics. You can"t wrong someone by telling the truth . Lying is worse than misleading or deceiving, even if it"s a life or death (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) situation. When a person lies, he causes declarations to have no (cid:1) credence (p1); that causes all rights based on contract to be void; (p2) that is a wrong to mankind (p3) kant (consequential argument) My word and your word doesn"t count. *you must have a value (good, bad, problem) aside from the facts in a consequential argument. **conclusion of kant"s argument: truthfulness is an absolute duty one (cid:1) must never lie. Critiquing = challenge premises about lying one little lie to cause declarations to have no credence. Transform the argument into a rule consequential argument to make it stronger (cid:1) Kant asks what if everyone did it? .
