PHIL 150B1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Immanuel Kant, Categorical Imperative

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Philosophy Main
• Course: PHIL 150B1
• Professor: Laura Howard

Document Summary

Golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The golden rule is kind of a test for thinking about the morality of your actions. Kantian moral theory: a type of moral theory first developed by german philosopher. Immanuel kant that features the notions of respect for persons and universality. Thought that specific moral requirements could be derived from a fundamental moral principle that he called the categorical imperative. H: an action is right if and only if (and because) the action treats persons (including oneself) as ends in themselves and not merely as means. The hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455) fo(cid:396)(cid:373)ulatio(cid:374) (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)es (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of the dual (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts that (cid:449)e (cid:374)ot treat people merely as means and that we also not fail to treat them as ends in themselves as i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ho ha(cid:448)e dig(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:863) We are obligated to adopt the goal of promoting the ends of others and the goat of self- perfection.