kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others Flashcards
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kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others
Duty as an idea is better than depending on our inclinations. Our inclinations (what we want to do or feel like doing) are led by our emotions, which change. We are also less prone to personal bias if duty is our key principle.
kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others
Similarly, Kant’s ethics are rational. Kant gives human beings the responsibility for making decisions and he believes that humanity’s ability to reason and work things out will enable us to reach the right answers.
kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others
Kant is right that consequences can’t be predicted. Systems such as situation ethics and utilitarianism require us to make predictions about the future result of our actions. We cannot be held responsible for things that are not within our control.
kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others
Kant’s principle of universal law is a useful rule. It has similarities with the principle that is found in all the main religious faiths of not doing things to others that you would not wish to be done to you.
kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others
Kant’s ethics values persons. In addition to respecting their rationality, his principle of treating persons as ends is helpful in practical ethics and, in contrast to the utilitarians, ensures that every human being is significant.
kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others
Modern views of justice and rights owe much to Kantian ethics, particularly the focus on persons.
kantian ethics is helpful regarding our duty to ourselves as well as others
Kant’s ethics can be seen as secular. The principles can be applied by people of all faiths and people of no faith.
