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23 lut 2004 · The most basic aim of moral philosophy, and so also of the Groundwork, is, in Kant’s view, to “seek out” the foundational principle of a “metaphysics of morals,” which Kant understands as a system of a priori moral principles that apply the CI to human persons in all times and cultures.
- Cognitive Disability and Moral Status
For a theory that accorded weight to beings only in...
- Kant and Hume on Morality
The relationship between Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) and David...
- Kant's Social and Political Philosophy
For ethics in general, Kant called the empirical study of...
- Constructivism in Metaethics
1. What is Constructivism? The term ‘constructivism’ entered...
- Respect
Indeed, most contemporary discussions of respect for persons...
- Rule Consequentialism
The theory of morality we can call full...
- Practical Reason
According to the Kantian constructivist, practical reason is...
- Personal Autonomy
1. Introduction. When people living in some region of the...
- Cognitive Disability and Moral Status
Kant began his ethical theory by arguing that the only virtue that can be an unqualified good is a good will. No other virtue, or thing in the broadest sense of the term, has this status because every other virtue, every other thing, can be used to achieve immoral ends.
30 wrz 2013 · A brief, clear, and accessible introduction to Kant’s ethics, focused on Kant’s foundational positions on the nature of moral philosophy, the categorical imperative and its formulations, the good will and moral motivation, and autonomy.
Kantian Ethics—Kant had no time for Utilitarianism. He believed in placing the emphasis on happiness the theory completely misunderstood the true nature of morality.
21 paź 2024 · Kant’s most distinctive contribution to ethics was his insistence that one’s actions possess moral worth only when one does his duty for its own sake. Kant first introduced this idea as something accepted by the common moral consciousness of human beings and only later tried to show that it is an essential element of any rational morality .
1 sty 2013 · This chapter examines Kant's moral philosophy, which is developed principally in three major works: the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, the Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals. It begins with an overview of Kant's foundational theory, and then turns, more briefly, to his normative theory.
23 lut 2004 · Kant's Moral Philosophy. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) argued that moral requirements are based on a standard of rationality he dubbed the “Categorical Imperative” (CI). Immorality thus involves a violation of the CI and is thereby irrational.
