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Kantianism
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• What makes a right act right?• -it is certain features in the act itself or the
rule of which the act is a token or example that determine the rightness or wrongness of an act
• -the end never justifies the means
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• 2 kinds of deontological theories• 1-act deontological system• -right and wrong based on conscience or our
intuitions or a choice apart from any rules• -conscience-to discover the morally right or
wrong to do
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• -or nothing is right or wrong until we choose for ourselves what is right or wrong
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• Its disadvantages• -it is hard to see how any argument could take
place with an intuitionist• -the act of abortion• 2-it seems that rules are necessary to all
reasoning, including moral reasoning
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• 3-different situations seem to share common features, so it would be inconsistent for us to prescribe different moral actions
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• 2-rule deontological system• -it accepts the principle of universality as well
as the notion that, in making moral judgments, we appealing to principles or rules
• It comprises of 2 types• -rule intuitionism & rationalism or objectivism
& absolitism
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Kant’s rule deontological system
• Introduction • -1724-1804• -was an absolutist as well as rationalist• -reason can be use to work out a consistent,
non overridable sets of moral principles
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• -the parents were Pietists in the Lutheran church
• --who emphasized sincerity, deep feeling, & moral life rather than theological doctrine
• --it is the religion of the heart, not the head• --Kant emphasized the head as much as the
heart
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• 3 factors influences• 1- Pietism• 2-the work of Rousseau (1712-1778) on
human freedom• --the importance of man’s dignity• --the intrinsic value of man apart from any
function they might perform
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• --it is not correct belief/ result that really matter but inner goodness
• --the idea is that God judges us not on how successful we are in accomplishing our tasks but how earnestly we have lived according to our principle
• --the good will as the sole intrinsic good in life
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• 3-the debate bet. Rationalism & empiricism• -rationalist claimed that pure reason could tell
us how the world is, independent of experience
• -empiricist denied that man has any innate ideas and argued that all k/ledge comes from experience
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• -with regard to moral k/ledge,• -the rationalist-man’s k/ledge of moral
principles is a type of metaphysical k/ledge, implanted in us by God, and discoverable by reason as it deduces general principles about human nature
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• -the empiricist-morality is founded entirely on the contingencies of human nature and based on desire
• -as for Kant, it is not desire that ground morality but our rational will
• -the removal of moral truth from contingencies & empirical observation to the necessary, absolute, universal truth
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Kant’s CI
• 3 formulations of CI• 1-the principle of maxim and universal law • -act only according to that maxim (general
rule that one intends to act) by which u can at the same time will that it would become a universal law (an objective principle)
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• --if u could consistently will that e/one would act on given maxim-that shows moral responsibility of action
• -if not then the type of action is morally wrong
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• -for Kant, • --what make a person morally good is to have a
good will.• --what kind of intention makes a person morally
good is the notion of duty• --what does it mean for a person to act “from
duty” is to resolve to do whatever the moral law obligates one to do, out of respect for the law
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• 2-the principle of end• -act as to treat humanity, whether in ur own
person or in that of any other, in every case as an end & never as a means
• --man as a rational being is having value which entails that he never be exploited
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• 3-the principle of autonomy• -every rational being is able to regard oneself
as a maker of universal law; that is, we do not need an external authority-be it God, the state, the culture, an individual- to determine the nature of the moral law
• In other words,
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• -e/one who is ideally rational will legislate exactly the same universal moral principle
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• Islamic criticism• 1-man as an independence source of moral
values• -human rationality is central to the whole idea
of morality • -though he is not the only rational, others are
not human
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• 2-Its moral principles/ maxims is subjective• -any type of action in any type of
circumstances for a reason( be acted on by all rational being in similar circumstances) doesn’t reflect the universality
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• 3-Good will as the universal of lawgiver• -to act morally is to freely choose n make the
moral decision• -without look to society, gov, religious• leader, God for our moral decision, desire,
preference for these will end up to self love
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• Intention -Islamic View• I)It include of 3 elements• 1)to u/stand of what one is doing(knowledge)• 2)to want to do it(will)• 3)to want it precisely bcoz it is comanded
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• II)intention as a condition of validity• (x knowledge) X (x will) = x responsibility • unconscious X involuntary act= x qualified for
good or bad• conscious X involuntary act=x qualified for
good or bad
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• III)Intention and nature of moral action• good/bad intention rely on its agreement
/disagreement with the law
• -it disregard the absolute good without restriction (to justify error as virtue)good
intention X bad action= ?• Bad intention X good action= ?
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• IV)Its prevalence (commonness) over the action
• -Intention = 2maintain purity of the heart• -Act =2 develop the wellbeing of the fellow
man• ---decision making faculty + power of
execution
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conclusion
• Does it enough by itself????????• Action X (intention-bad)=?• Action X (intention-flawed)=?• Bad action X (intention-good)=?