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Critically asses the view that Kants theory of ethics has no serious weaknesses
The weaknesses of Kantian ethics outweigh the strengths (or other way round)
Kants theory of ethics is not helpful when making a moral decision
Kantian ethics is too abstract to be useful
INTRO:
- KE is a deontological theory of ethics that relies on an innate sense of a priori reasoning to
create universalible moral maxims and achieve the ultimate telos, the summum bonum.
- Deontological, absolutist, a priori theory of ethics- based on logic and reason
- Rejects emotion and empiricism- does not believe in the consequentialist school of thought
- Aimed to show that there is an objective, universal morality and this can be known through
reason
- Humans should be rational, autonomous decision makers- and should do the right thing
based off duty and not emotion or consequence
- Uses the three formulations of the categorical imperative to determine if an action is moral
or not
MY LINE OF THESIS
- Kant is too abstract in his thinking
- His rejection of love and emotion is inhumane and hard to follow
- There are serious weaknesses that make his theory impossible to follow in 21 st century
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