Lecture 5_ Kantian ethics.html (1646B)
1 2 <!DOCTYPE html> 3 <html> 4 <head> 5 <meta charset="UTF-8"> 6 7 <title>Lecture 5: Kantian ethics</title> 8 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"/></head> 9 <body> 10 <style type="text/css"> 11 nav a { 12 text-align: left; 13 } 14 nav #name { 15 text-align: right; 16 float: right; 17 font-style: italic; 18 } 19 </style> 20 <nav> 21 <a href="index.html">Index</a> 22 <span id="name">Alex Balgavy</span> 23 </nav> 24 <hr> 25 <div class="exported-note"><h1>Lecture 5: Kantian ethics</h1> 26 27 <div id="rendered-md"><p>Kantian ethics: asks about intentions for action - are they good or bad?<br> 28 contracts or consequences don't matter.</p> 29 <p>how do you judge your intentions?</p> 30 <ul> 31 <li>formula of humanity: whether you disrespect others and use them against their will for your purposes 32 <ul> 33 <li>humanity should be used as an end, not only as a means</li> 34 <li>if you're using someone only as a means, you don't care about their consent</li> 35 </ul> 36 </li> 37 <li>formula of universal law: whether you make an exception for yourself 38 <ul> 39 <li>only act on intentions (maxims) that could be universal (i.e. you'd be fine if everyone did it)</li> 40 <li>i.e. if everyone does some action, would you still be able to achieve your goal by doing the same? if not, don't do the action.</li> 41 </ul> 42 </li> 43 </ul> 44 <p>in summary: we shouldn't think we are more important than others. respect others and don't make exceptions for yourself.</p> 45 </div></div> 46 </body> 47 </html>