Unformatted text preview: o In Kant’s Ethics, the reward for being moral is zero. The moment you say, “What’s my reward?” you’ve screwed it up for yourself, acting from inclination. o Remember the definition of ethics: “values and principles to guide your life;” in Kant’s ethics, there are no values; u can have all the values u want, but they have nothing to do with ethics. i The goals that you have in life are outside the realm of ethics. • The Teleological Criticism (a criticism given by those who hold a teleological ethics) o “What is the point of acting ethically if nothing worthwhile is being achieved?” o Ever tried to play deontological chess? There are no goals, no one wins, no forward direction. Your first question to ask is, “What’s the point?!”...
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- Spring '11
- Siegmann
- Ethics , Kant’s ethics
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