PHI 1700H Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Garry Kasparov
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3. he had ordered the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. For men to choose to kill the innocent as a means to their ends, she wrote, Is always murder. : anscombe"s point was that some things may not be done, no matter what. 5. does not matter if we could accomplish some great good by boiling a baby; it is simply wrong. The categorical imperative: background, kant argued that lying is wrong under any circumstances, kant observed that the word ought is often used non morally. i. If you want to become a better chess player, you ought to study the games of garry kasparov. Chapter 9: are there absolute moral rules: when you are thinking about doing something, ask what rule you would be following if you actually did it. This rule will be the maxim of your act: then ask whether you would be willing for your maxim to become a universal law.
