Kant's Theory Revision

Question 1

For Kant, morality is ______ put into practice?

Answer 1

Reason

Question 2

What does ‘A Priori Synthetic’ mean?

Answer 2

Something gained through reason and tested in the real world

Question 3

What did Kant believe that knowledge was gained from?

Answer 3

knowledge is gained from logic but tested in the real world

Question 4

Kant’s famous quote….?

Answer 4

“Two things fill my mind with ever increasing certainty, the starry skies above me and the moral law within me”

Question 5

Can the innate moral law be doubted?

Answer 5

No, it’s undubitable

Question 6

What is the highest form of good?

Answer 6

Our innate moral law

Question 7

How do we act with a good will?

Answer 7

By following our duty

Question 8

What is our duty?

Answer 8

By adding reason we know what we should do, this is our duty

Question 9

What does autonomous mean?

Answer 9

We have free will

Question 10

Did Kant believe we are autonomous?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

How do we make our free will ‘good will’?

Answer 11

When we freely choose to follow our duty we make this free will good

Question 12

Did Kant believe that following God’s rules led to morality?

Answer 12

No, Kant believed that if we just perform actions to follow rules then we are not following our duty

Question 13

How is an action moral?

Answer 13

Only when we freely choose to follow our duty

Question 14

What is the purpose of Kant’s 3 pronged test?

Answer 14

Used to test whether an action is moral

Question 15

What is a ‘maxim’?

Answer 15

The proposal being put into the three pronged test

Question 16

What 3 formulations are in the 3 pronged test?

Answer 16

1. Universalisation
2. Treat people as ends not means
3. Act as a law making member of the kingdom of ends

Question 17

What is universalisation?

Answer 17

Must assume and be happy that everyone else will do it. Can’t lead to a contradiction, e.g. can’t lie to protect someone as everyone would then lie and so there would no longer be truth.