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Kant'S & Right: Theories

Kant's theory of ethics is deontological, meaning it focuses on duty and the rightness of actions themselves rather than the consequences. For Kant, a morally right action is one that conforms to the universal moral law through reason alone. He discusses two formulations of the categorical imperative - act only according to maxims you can universalize, and treat humanity as an end in itself. Kant also discusses the notions of duty and imperatives, distinguishing between hypothetical imperatives which are conditioned by desires, and the unconditional categorical imperative which is the sole moral law. Rights are discussed as entitlements to act or have others act in certain ways, and can be legal rights enforced by law or moral rights supported by conscience.

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Kant'S & Right: Theories

Kant's theory of ethics is deontological, meaning it focuses on duty and the rightness of actions themselves rather than the consequences. For Kant, a morally right action is one that conforms to the universal moral law through reason alone. He discusses two formulations of the categorical imperative - act only according to maxims you can universalize, and treat humanity as an end in itself. Kant also discusses the notions of duty and imperatives, distinguishing between hypothetical imperatives which are conditioned by desires, and the unconditional categorical imperative which is the sole moral law. Rights are discussed as entitlements to act or have others act in certain ways, and can be legal rights enforced by law or moral rights supported by conscience.

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KANT’S & RIGHT

THEORIES
RAMIRO, LORREN GRAZE I. | VERONILLA, MAETHANIELLE
BSA-2A (NEW) | BSBA
Class Schedule: WTh 4:00-5:30pm
Immanuel Kant
✘ German philosopher during the Enlightenment era
✘metaphysics lecturer = Critique of Pure Reason

This revolutionary proposal explained how an individual’s mind


organizes experiences into understanding the way the world works.

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Kant’s Theory
✘represents deontological ethics
✘a right action consists solely in an action that is ruled and justified by a rule
or principle
✘it was the rational and autonomous conformity of one’s will to see right the
universal moral law
✘foundations of Metaphysics of Morals, explains the philosophical
foundation of morality and moral actions

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a. Good will
✘only thing that is good without qualification
✘good by virtue because it is the will to follow the Moral law

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Notion of
Duty
✘ “I want” and “I ought”
✘ Moral actions are not spontaneous
✘ actions that are seemingly good are actions that
seem good by duty, are good to the common
sense of duty and that for they are right

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NATURE OF
IMPERATIVES
a. Hypothetical Imperative
✘If you want, you ought
✘The ought or the duty is conditioned by one’s desires, wants and goals
✘Our goals are grounded in self-interest

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b. Categorical Imperatives
✘For Kant, there is only one imperative command and it is the Moral
Law.
✘Divided into two formulations:
a. First formulation
“Act as if the maxim of your action were to secure through your will
a universal law of nature.”
b. Second formulation
“Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or that
of another, always as an end and never as a mean.”

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RIGHT
THEORIES

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Rights
-are entitlement to act or to have another individual act in a certain
way.

-serve as a protective barrier, shielding individuals from unjustified


infringement of their moral agency by others

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a. Legal
✘ rights which are accepted and enforced by the state
✘ any defilement of any legal right is punished by law
✘ equally available to all the citizens

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3 TYPES
CIVIL RIGHTS POLITICAL RIGHTS ECONOMIC RIGHTS
rights which provide rights by virtue of which rights which provide
opportunity to each inhabitants get a share in economic security to the
person to lead a civilized the political process people.
social life

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b. Moral
✘ based on human consciousness
✘ supported by moral force of human mind
✘ sense of goodness and public opinion are the sanctions
behind moral rights
✘ If any person disrupts any moral right, no legal action
can be taken against him

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QUIZ
I. Identification
1. He is a German philosopher during the Enlightenment era
2. It was the rational and autonomous conformity of one’s will to
see right the universal moral law
3-4. Two considerations in notion of duty
5. If you want, you ought
6. It is where our goals are grounded
7. The only one imperative command according to Kant
8. are entitlement to act or to have another individual act in a
certain way.
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QUIZ
9. rights which are accepted and enforced by the state
10. based on human consciousness

II. TRUE or FALSE


11. Civil rights are rights which provide opportunity to each person
to lead a civilized social life.
12. Political rights are rights by virtue of which inhabitants get a
share in the political process.
13. If any person disrupts any moral right, no legal action can be
taken against him.
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QUIZ
14. The first formulation under categorical imperatives implies “Act
as if the maxim of your action were to secure through your will a
universal law of nature.”
15. Kant’s Theory represents deontological ethics

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