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Duty Ethics Immanuel Kant Wednesday, 20 February, 13

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Duty EthicsImmanuel Kant

Wednesday, 20 February, 13

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Kant’s ethics were different

Consequences did not matter

Non-consequentalist or deontological

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Categorical Imperative

“Act only on the maxim (principle or rule) whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a

universal law.”

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Should you take coral from the reef?

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Should you always tell the truth?

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Should you always tell the truth?

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Do you have a moral duty to tell the truth even if leads to bad consequences?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh6NzOHOU8s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAE7uOO_4v4

Video Clips

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Categorical Imperative #2

“Act in such as way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always as an end and never as a means.”

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What does it mean to treat someone as an end, not as a means?

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