Kant's Categorical Imperative (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

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Kant's Categorical Imperative
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Only thing good w/o qualification (Kant)

Good will

Autonomy (definition)

Self-governed, free from external control

Kant's ethics type (duty-based)

Deontological

Unconditional moral command for all rational beings

Categorical imperative

1st formulation principle name

Universalisability

Duty w/ no exceptions

Perfect duty

2nd formulation: treat humanity as ___, never just means

End

Highest good: virtue + happiness

Summum bonum

'Ought implies can' meaning

If we ought to do it, we can do it

Knowledge type: new info necessarily true

Synthetic a priori

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