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Moral Philosophy Immanuel Kant

Moral Philosophy Immanuel Kant. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.” Confucius. Moral Philosophy Immanuel Kant. Our Learning… Recap Learning Learn about Kant’s equations – two formulations of the Categorical Imperative.

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Moral Philosophy Immanuel Kant

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  1. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.” Confucius

  2. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant Our Learning… Recap Learning Learn about Kant’s equations – two formulations of the Categorical Imperative.

  3. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant Recap Learning

  4. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant FOR KANT… We have freedom – therefore we need to be moral. Morality can’t be subjective Reason (intellect) is the ultimate judge / authority. Goodwill is the only intrinsically good thing. Duty is King for Kant.

  5. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant Kant says that every time we come up against a moral dilemma, we should shorten that moral dilemma to produce a MAXIM – which is a proposed rule of action we can deduce from the dilemma…. E.G. A nasty big bully has just punched me on the nose. I want to punch him back, so I will. MAXIM – Use force on someone if they have used force on you… or …. Revenge is ok.

  6. An Imperative is a command. A hypothetical imperative contains an ‘if’. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant A categorical imperative is what Kant used to test maxims. If the maxim passes, it is our duty to act. A moral imperative is a moral command which is conditional upon nothing else.

  7. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT If you had studied economics, you will have learned that, when making anything, you have the following diagram….

  8. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT Well – we kind of have to do the same kind of diagram to understand Kants Categorical Imperative… MAXIM CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVES WHETHER KANT THINKS WE MUST ACT OR NOT ACT

  9. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant Pages 25 – 27 of the Notes Page 28 Exercise

  10. THE UNIVERSAL LAW UNIVERSALISABILITY Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant FIRST FORMULATION “ Act only on the maxim through which you can, at the same time, will that it be a universal law”

  11. TREAT PEOPLE AS YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO TREAT YOU THE GOLDEN RULE Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant “ Act only on the maxim through which you can, at the same time, will that it be a universal law”

  12. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant You need to learn these definitions off by heart…

  13. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant KANT BACKGROUND & DEFINITIONS TEST ON MONDAY

  14. Moral PhilosophyImmanuel Kant Our Learning… Recap Learning Learn about Kant’s equations – two formulations of the Categorical Imperative.

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