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Subido el 5 de octubre de 2020 por César Pedro P.

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Kant's theory is deontological because it insists on our duties.

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As you already know, Kant's ethical theory insists on the importance of universalization of your rules. 00:00:01
Kant's categorical imperative invites you to create rules that can really be universalizable 00:00:11
and that respect human dignity. 00:00:18
Actually, both formulations of the categorical imperative are equivalent. 00:00:22
Now, if you make rules that you can really want to be universalizable and that respect human dignity, 00:00:27
you are using a procedural ethics, an ethics that insists on how you make the rules. 00:00:35
This ethical theory is not consequentialist. 00:00:43
This is extremely important. 00:00:48
According to Kant, what is relevant in ethics is not the consequence of your action. 00:00:50
What is relevant is the rule, the intention of your action. 00:00:59
Then, there is a great contrast between Kant's theory and other theories such as, for example, 00:01:06
Bill's utilitarianism. As you will remember, Bill insisted on the consequences of your actions. 00:01:14
He thought that what is correct is what has good consequences, making people happy. 00:01:21
For Kant, this is not correct. The important thing in ethics, for Kant, is not the consequences of 00:01:29
your actions. The important thing is to do your duty. That is why we say that Kant's theory is 00:01:38
deontological. Deontology is a word that comes from Greek and refers to duties and obligations. 00:01:47
Kant thought that ethics is about doing what is your duty. Often, when we have to decide what to 00:01:55
do, there is a conflict between what we really want to do, what we would like to do, what we 00:02:05
feel like doing, and our obligation. For example, I would like to watch TV, but I know I have the 00:02:13
duty to study. There is a conflict between what I must do and what I want. Kant thought this is the 00:02:22
key point of morality, this conflict between what your inclination asks you to do and what your duty 00:02:32
tells you to do. And the right thing for Kant is always to do your duty. So the important thing 00:02:42
is not the consequence. The important thing is your obligation. Whenever you have this conflict, 00:02:50
Kant says, do your duty. 00:02:58
That is morally correct. 00:03:01
And how do you know what is your duty? 00:03:04
It's not that difficult. 00:03:07
Your duty, Kant says, is to respect the categorical imperative, 00:03:08
to follow norms that you can't really want to be universalizable, 00:03:14
to follow rules that respect human dignity. 00:03:19
Imagine, then, that you have to take a difficult decision that has bad consequences but that 00:03:23
corresponds to your duty. 00:03:34
What would Kant recommend you to do? 00:03:37
In this situation, Kant thought that you must always do your duty, regardless of the consequences 00:03:40
of your actions. 00:03:48
Why? 00:03:49
Because, Kant thought, you are responsible of your decision, you are responsible of doing 00:03:50
your duty or breaking it, but you are not responsible of the consequences of your action. 00:03:56
The consequences of your action go beyond your own capacity of decision. 00:04:03
What is correct is to do what is your duty, and the rest is not depending on you. 00:04:10
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