PHIL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kantian Ethics, Normative Ethics
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First exam: on introductory lecture, freedom and determinism, and normative ethics. Are any of these proposals concerning the nature of morality correct: moral/ethical relativism-unlikely, ethical egoism-unlikely, classical utilitarianism-maybe/probably (stronger likelihood than unlikely, kantian deontology-maybe/probably. Knowledge divided into 2 parts: formal & material material part further divided into: -deterministic -indeterministic -free. When study material part-deterministic and indeterministic has to do with nature-call physics. Laws when in comes to logic: if a then b, a, b. Laws when it comes to physics: e=me^2 (energy is equal to light squared) Law: act on that principle of action, which you will to be a universal law the the characteristic of law is that they are whats necessary of universal admitting of no. Moral law needs to be based on reason. The moral law, as independent of interests, motives, and consequences/expected results-as a directive for free action-must the dependent on the idea of the law itself .
