The three postulates (Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Kant's 3 postulates for his ethical system
Kant's 3 postulates for his ethical system
Immortality, existence of God, freedom
What good people should be rewarded with (Kant)
What good people should be rewarded with (Kant)
Ultimate happiness
Kant's term for ultimate happiness
Kant's term for ultimate happiness
Summum bonum
Where summum bonum exists according to Kant
Where summum bonum exists according to Kant
In the afterlife
Kant's vision of a perfect future
Kant's vision of a perfect future
Kingdom of ends
What belief in immortality must be based on
What belief in immortality must be based on
Moral disposition, not hope of future rewards
Kant's principle about purpose
Kant's principle about purpose
Nothing is purposeless
If afterlife exists, who must exist?
If afterlife exists, who must exist?
God (to enforce it)
What God is the source of (Kant)
What God is the source of (Kant)
Goodness
What's needed to make moral decisions (Kant)
What's needed to make moral decisions (Kant)
Freedom to choose how we act
What is vital for Kant regarding the will
What is vital for Kant regarding the will
Autonomy of the will
Strength: what doing your duty leads to
Strength: what doing your duty leads to
Realisation of the highest good
Humanist criticism of immortality postulate
Humanist criticism of immortality postulate
Good people do good without expecting reward
Weakness: issue with freedom assumption
Weakness: issue with freedom assumption
Many live in repressive regimes without freedom
Contradiction in Kant's freedom view
Contradiction in Kant's freedom view
Free as long as obey categorical imperative laws