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KANTIAN ETHICS

KANTIAN ETHICS.

1.How does Kant claim the worth of each individual is more than their dollar amount in the marketplace (he mentions market value near the end of the reading)? 2.Why does Kant think humans are unfree within utilitarianism? 3.What is the difference between heteronomy and autonomy? Does being autonomous mean that the will can choose to pursue any whim? 4.What is the difference between a hypothetical imperative and a categorical imperative? What are the several different versions that Kant gives of the categorical imperative? 5.What does Kant mean by a “kingdom of ends”? What do you think such a kingdom would concretely look like within Kant’s framework? For example, if one tried to live out the Kantian ideal of a kingdom of ends, how would one’s treatment of a beggar differ from Bentham’s treatment? Can this difference make a difference without appealing to virtuous practices and corresponding social transformations? 6. How might we begin comparing and contrasting Kant’s ideal of a kingdom of ends with Aristotle’s political community of friendship?

KANTIAN ETHICS