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Lesson 3 Kants Philosophy On Freedom and Morality
Lesson 3 Kants Philosophy On Freedom and Morality
3 CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM
o The freedom of a human being as
a member of a state.
o The dignity of each person
as a
subject.
o The freedom of any member of the
commonwealth as a resident.
FREEDOM
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Individuals have
autonomous an right
happy in their to own be way,
and the intervention of
another's freedom means
forcing others to be happy.
GOOD WILL AND
DUTY
The good will (the only genuinely good) where he described as one of a kind
because it is always good and maintains moral values. It is a moral concept that freely
seeks to use values for moral reasons. “Duty is our obligation”
IT IS IRRESPECTIVE IT IS GOOD
SOMETHING OF EFFECTS WITHOUT
THAT IS GOOD QUALIFICATION
Kant differentiates perfect PERFECT DUTIES
and imperfect duties. IMPERFECT
Perfect duties for Kant are DUTIES
always true and it is more
important than imperfect
duties. In contrast, for
Kant flexibility is
indispensable in imperfect
duty.
Kant also made a distinction between categorical imperative and
hypothetical imperative. The categorical imperative for him is a rule of
behavior unconditional or absolute for all agents or persons whose
truth or argument does not depend on any purpose or end.
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THE SECOND
INTERPRETATION “Act in such a way
OF KANT'S that you treat
humanity, whether in
CATEGORICAL your own person or in
IMPERATIVE IS the person of another,
TO VIEW LIFE AS always
the same timeatas an
AN IN
END end and never simply
as a means.”
ITSELF:
KANT’S PHILOSOPHY
ON JUSTICE AND
FAIRNESS
JUSTI FA I R N E
CE
The quality of being just; S Sis the quality of
Fairness
righteousness, equitableness, or being fair without judgment
moral rightness: to uphold the towards the individual.
justice of a cause.
“If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the
earth.”
— Immanuel Kant
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