Not A Helpful Method Of Decision Making

Question 1

Duty is the main weakness of his theory

Answer 1

Humans naturally act out of compassion and love. It would be cold to assume i visit my grandmother in hospital because it is a duty rather than because I love her.

Question 2

The consequences of an action are deemed irrelevant

Answer 2

Surely it would be better to consider whether anybody will be hurt by our actions. Not all moral rules can apply to every situation.

Question 3

What if imperatives clash?

Answer 3

You cannot universalise breaking a promise and neither can you universalise lying. But what if telling the truth means breaking a promise

Question 4

What if using others as a means to an end is necessary

Answer 4

Leah Betts example: her parents used her death, which was a result of an overdose, to warn others of the dangers of drug taking

Question 5

Kant’s belief that the universe is fair and that ‘it will all work out in the end’

Answer 5

Relies on the fact that there must be a God to make it so. If there isn’t a god or an afterlife then this will make your duties pointless