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    Immanuel Kant was an 18th century German philosopher who developed a deontological perspective on ethics that focused on duty and the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves. He published two major works on moral philosophy: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Practical Reason. Kant believed that the only intrinsically good thing is having a good will, and that an action has moral worth based on the virtue of the will behind it rather than any consequences. He formulated the categorical imperative, which states that moral commands are absolute and not dependent on any conditions, consisting of two formulas: that we should only act on maxims we can universalize, and that we should treat humanity as an

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    Immanuel Kant was an 18th century German philosopher who developed a deontological perspective on ethics that focused on duty and the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves. He published two major works on moral philosophy: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Practical Reason. Kant believed that the only intrinsically good thing is having a good will, and that an action has moral worth based on the virtue of the will behind it rather than any consequences. He formulated the categorical imperative, which states that moral commands are absolute and not dependent on any conditions, consisting of two formulas: that we should only act on maxims we can universalize, and that we should treat humanity as an

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    LESSON 3: KANT AND THE

    RIGHT THEORISTS

    Group 3:
    Abatayo, Adrian
    Asequia, Allyza
    Parreno, Marc Yrus
    Tejero, Seth Vincent
    ECE-1a
    IMMANUEL KANT
     2nd framework: Duty ethics of Immanuel Kant
     A German philosopher and one of the famous thinker
    during in modern period.
     He was born in Konigsberg in 1724.
     He worked in Konigsberg University as a professor in
    philosophy from 1755 until his death in 1804.
     Immanuel Kant has a two works related to moral
    philosophy:
     Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1786)
     Critique of Practical Reason (1788).
    IMMANUEL KANT

     Deontological perspective - is an approach to ethics that


    looks at the rightness and wrongness of the action itself
    (Mastin, 2008).
    GOOD WILL
     The situation of St. Paul illustrates this topic.
     St. Paul has the knowledge but arrives at the wrong ones.
     This could be the counter-argument to Socrates’
    contention.
     Possessing moral knowledge equates to moral acts.
     Kant explains how we look into our decisions.
     He added an argument about happiness or eudaimonia.
    GOOD WILL
     The only good without qualification is good will.
     Kant argues for the condition of other goods.
     Good will is an act with moral obligation.
     The person’s moral worth is the highlight of the will.
     The virtue of volition is what makes will good.
     A person is obedient if he acts out of duty.
    CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

     A rule of conduct that is unconditional or absolute for all


    agents
     Moral commands are always categorical and not
    hypothetical ( For Kant)
     Categorical - one is ought to do the moral law in the
    absence of conditions.
     Hypothetical – presence of conditions in carrying out the
    moral command.
    CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
     Two formulas of the imperative written by Kant in his two
    writings:

    1. it says “act only according to a maxim by which you can


    at the same time will that is shall became a universal law.”

    2. it says “act in such a way that you always treat


    humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of
    any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same
    time as an end.”
    CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
    Two principles of moral imperative:

     Respect for person - basic thing about how we treat


    people.

     Universalizability - an act is capable of becoming a


    universal law
    Different Kinds of Rights: Legal vs
    Moral Rights
     Legal Rights- rights that one has (being a citizen of a
    country)

     entitled to all Rights and privileges under a


    constitution.
     Entitlement is acquired by birth (born within territory) or
    by choice (stay/denounce)

     embraced other citizenship (dual citizenship)


    Different Kinds of Rights: Legal vs
    Moral Rights
     Moral rights- rights that belong to moral entities (eg.
    human beings and animals)
    - Moral entity features:

    Freedom- accompanies moral consequences


    Rationality- rational deliberation
    Sentience- pleasure and pain (animals are also
    capable)
    Thank you!

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