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Moral Law?
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Binding moral obligations.
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Maxims?
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Another word for moral rules, determined by reason.
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Duty?
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Duties are created by the moral law, to follow it’s our duty. The word deontological means duty-based.
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Summum Bonum?
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The highest, most supreme good.
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Good Will?
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A person of good will is a person who makes decisions according to the moral law.
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Categorical Imperative?
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An unconditional moral obligation that’s always binding irrespective of a person’s inclination or purpose.
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Hypothetical Imperative?
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A moral obligation that applies only if one desires the implied goal.
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Kingdom Of Ends?
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An imagined future in which all people act in accordance to the moral laws the categorical imperative.
2.3 - Kantian Ethics
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Decks in class (20)
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Key Terms8
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Is Kantian Ethics So Reliant On Reason That It Unduly Rejects The Importance Of Other Factos, Such As Sympathy, Empathy And Love In Moral Decision-Making?4
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Are Kantian Ethics Too Abstract To Be Applicable To Be Applicable To Practical Moral Decision-Making?6
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Should An Ethical Judgement About Something Being Good, Bad, Right Or Wrong Be Based On The Extent To Which Duty Is Served?5
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Is Kantian Ethics A Helpful Method Of Moral Decision-Making?5
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God3
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Immortality4
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Freedom And The Summum Bonum4
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The Formula Of The Kingdom Of Ends3
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The Formula Of The End In Itself3
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The Formula Of The Universal Law Of Nature6
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The Categorical Imperative4
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The Hypothetical Imperative6
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Synthetic And Analytic Propositions And Judgements7
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Knowledge At First Hand, Before Sense Perception And Experience2
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Knowledge Arising From Sense Perception And Experience1
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How We Perceive The Moral Law1
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Duty And Good Will6
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The Moral Law, Duty And Good Will4
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Introduction12
