The Incorporation Thesis makes it clear that, according to Kant, we are not caused to act by this or that incentive, but rather we let it move us by incorporating it in our maxim. However, Kant does not provide us with a more detailed account of incorporation in which he s...
Kant’s "Groundwork"opens with the line: “The only thing that is unconditionally good is a good will.” Kant’s argument for this belief is quite plausible. Consider anything you think of in terms of being "good"—health, wealth, beauty, intelligence, and so on. For each of these thi...
To see this worry in its most acute form, it is helpful to understand how it arises within Kant’s theory of action. A central feature of Kant’s theory of motivation is his insistence that the will is free, in the sense that it is always in principle possible for us to choose to r...
The most frequently cited version states, “Act only according to that maxim you can at the same time will as a universal law without contradiction.” (see Sect. 4.3.3). 3.2.2 Consequentialist Ethics Consequentialism is another important ethical theory. Consequentialist theories determine the ...
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction. In other words, if you want to know whether an action is ethical, imagine a world where everyone behaved as you did. ...
keyboard and hard drive to Thailand, produced the display screen and memory in South Korea, the wireless card in Malaysia and the microprocessor in the U.S. The final product was assembled in Mexico and was then exported to the U.S. for sale. (p. 9-10) What is the World Trade Organi...
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Unnecessary injury and excessive punishment seem to be irrelevant to Kant ’s idea of publicity. For Kant publicity is not sufficient to make a law just. Since these cases constitute a violation of the ‘rights of men’, the maxim prescribing these actions would be unjust, no matter whether ...