Kant’s Deontological Theory - Manchester University

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[Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785)]

(1724-1804)

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Five Questions (and answers)

(1) What is morally good without qualification? (A: The good will.)

(2) What does it mean to have a good will? (A: To act from duty

rather than from inclination.)

(3) What does it mean to act from duty? (A: To act from respect for

the law ¡ª to view the law as objectively necessary.)

(4) What is the law according to which I am to act? (A: Any law

generated by the Categorical Imperative, viz.: ¡°act only on that

maxim that I can consistently will to become a universal law.¡±)

(5) And why should I act from respect for this law? (Why is it so

binding on me?) (A: Because I made the law myself.)

Kant¡¯s Deontological Ethics

Five Questions (and answers)

(1)

What is morally good without qualification?

(2)

What does it mean to have a good will?

(3)

What does it mean to act from duty?

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What is the law according to which I am to act?

(5)

And why should I act from respect for this law? (Why is it so

binding on me?)

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