PHIL 100W Study Guide - Final Guide: Melville J. Herskovits, Ethnocentrism, Moral Relativism
13 Oct 2017
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O"neill only tackles one part of kant"s theory in her article, the formula of the end-of-itself. This principle mandates that one ought to act in such a way that one always treats other human beings never simply as means but always as an end of an action. This means that one should not involve another human being in an action to which they could not consent. For example, it is forbidden to lie to another person to persuade him or her into helping you, as then you are obscuring your intentions from the other person, and that is completely prohibited in deontology. Though there are many actions that a person can take, they only have a few duties in life. Some duties are more important than others, and duties of justice are the duties most valued by kant. These include not lying, breaking promises, or murdering, and are also known as perfect duties, as they are never to be broken.
