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this is so great! explains Kant's ideas so clearly and the way the second character asks questions after each point really helps when trying to write a clear summary/explanation of Kant's theory :) amazing
Try to write as though your method of writing were universal law. What if everyone wrote without capitalization or commas or periods? Writing would become meaningless, chaos would ensue ....
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Deontological ethics & utilitarianism both have pros and cons, ideally we ought to have a mixture of the two. I think W.D Ross may provide an answer to this issue. Great work, as usual.
If your friend says "Don't help the dying person, take me to the movies NOW like you promised!", then stop being that person's friend. That's a shitty friend. lol.
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The suffering person on the floor becomes a duty of care for both individuals. I mean if the friend that was promised to be taken to cinema sees the person on the floor in need his duty of care weights heavier than his desire to go to the cinema and both individuals act in good will giving the needed help to the individual on the floor. After that is done they can arrange the cinema deal again.
In the case of duty to two opposing ideas, you would need to prioritise based on severity. While the needs of the friend are important, its not more important than a person dying. Therefore, rescheduling would be necessary.
I am only partway into the video, but I want to comment on certain points in the video as I watch it so that I can easily keep track of my ideas and objections. My first objection is that there are certain acts that are considered good for society when done by a small number of people but would be catastrophic if universalized. Therefore if everyone made sure not to do things that would be catastrophic if universalized, many good and even necessary duties would be neglected causing a catastrophe.
Hey, interesting point, could you give an example of an "act that is considered good for society when done by a small number of people but would be catastrophic if universalized." ?
@@cahierdepluie9590 Hegel gave an example which goes as follows: 'Helping the poor is technically an action to prevent someone else from helping the poor; meaning if all financially capable people gave to the poor, there will be no more poor people to be helped.' so is helping the poor *really* good? This roughly refutes the categorical imperative theory and preaches utilitarianism which can be refuted easily, so we are left with a void on the moral thrown, deeming morality as subjective.
Thank you! You've really helped me come to understand Kant's ethics, video form is awesome, I find it just endlessly difficult to read through the textbook and pull too much from it.
well, now i dont have to read kants 16 pages glued in my textbook anymore.. thank u gentlemenn! this was good. you litterally turnd my 3 hours of reading him in to 8 min long. bravo.
there's problems with the criticism's as you can still help someone who needs medical assistance and take your friend to the cinema they would just have to wait a bit longer and the first problem says that you must not lie however if someone is going to be murdered with an axe you also have the duty to intervene
You could say that the axe man was violating his own categorical imperative to not be violent, and thus it becomes the categorical imperative of everyone else to stop him by force, in a sense overriding the imperative to not lie. Essentially, any time someone violates one imperative -- all bets are off and that person becomes a target. The only other alternative is a situation where we have cultural relativism and a virtue ethics.
When you say "following utilitarianism could lead to morally depraved actions being permissible" how is that not question begging? Considering that we're having discussion about what is moral in the first place.
El imperativo categórico también conduce a aceptar la arbitrariedad del deber. Usándolo cómo ley universal, se puede llegar por el mismo camino a conclusiones opuestas: O bien todos deberían tener propiedad privada, o bien nadie debería tenerla.
Lying to save a Life is a good reason to violate Kant's philosophy even if one is a genuine honorable and honest person. I mean integrity, but with little occasional twists in situations when lying to save a Life would make one feel proud of himself. As much as I agree with Kant in almost everything, I have a mind of my own and I would in certain situations violate my own principles if the situations calls it. It is moral responsibility. What is better I would ask myself: do I say the truth and another person gets killed because of me or shall I save a Life by lying? I will have to lie in that situation. I would not like to live with the thought that one is dead because of me. But I would live guilt free knowing that me telling a sweet innocent lie saved a Life.
With the situation of the employee seeking to murder his boss it’s not so clear cut that lying will necessarily save this persons life. What if the boss overheard your old coworker and attempts to escape outside. But because you seek to save your bosses life you lie to your old coworker and tell him he’s not there. Your old coworker than leaves and runs into your boss outside and kills him. We’re you morally justified in the lie?
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there must be a balance between kantian ethics and utilitarianism. goodwill is practicality. if everyone practiced goodwill to one another, they would see the dying person on the street and simply help them, because THAT is goodwill and moral duty. it is necessary for a mutually beneficial world to thrive and be sustainable. if everyone gained personal pleasure from helping others, there would be no problems in the world.
Not, since our duties are to be fulfilled in all situations no matter what. Although not saying anything wouldn't be a lie, a rational being wouldn't count speechless actions as rational mandatories, and so the case remains against the categorical imperatives.
Seems like this just means "never lie" can't be a categorical imperative, you need to abstract by at least one more level to some more fundamental principle and try again.
I am a college student 👩🎓 and I have the philosophy, to tell the truth I don't understand anything my professor is very rude to me. can you help me with this question According to Kant, we have a duty not to lie. But imagine the following scenario. You are living in Nazi Germany, and your best friend, who is Jewish, is hiding from the Nazis in your basement. One morning a Nazi knocks on your door asking you whether there are any Jews hidden in your house. Do you think it would be moral to lie? Why? Does Kant think it would be moral to lie? Why? Every time I do the homework he says that I am copying from the internet and he gives me an F and I had told him that I am not using the internet but he says that he doesn't care what I am saying.can you tell me what should I do.
u become unmoral person breaking promise, n save other u become moral at other, there is no scale for it only binary law, people is moral n unmoral at the same time its human, simply no moraly perfect human, but the will to always able to do the duty of becoming more moral person is the main objective, regarding the outcome, struggle to become morally perfect person, ""do not blurr the law by the outcome, the law is 1+1=2"" the human pursuit of perfect moral.
Great vid! Gotta provide a bit of constructive criticism though. The guy in the purple jacket had a voice that was paaainfully monotone. Otherwise, very well done vid!
Act only in accord with that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law...why shouldn't it be possible to formulate a universal law that it is permissable to break a promise to save a life / or save the lives of those dying in front of you / raise an alarm at the sight of an axe wielder
Because that is what will fall into Utilitarianism, which ignores categorical imperatives and favours any act that has the best outcome overall, for instance, killing a number of babies at birth every day, or forcing abortions would overall solve the problem of over populations, but this is obviously morally impermissable.
@@philodactyl Thanks Ellie - what about universal laws couched in terms of self-organization or negentropy if we wanted to something that applied to biological systems in general?
@@philodactyl As biological systems have to follow universal laws, both. I don't have the reference to hand, Wikipedia/Self Organisation used a quote from Critique of Judgement which looks like it's been edited out from the current article; Kant's formulation of self organization is where you'll find your answer.
Contradiction is defined in Kantian morality as an action against the rational properties (e.g.: a lie is against truth, and since trust is derived from truth, it is against trust).
Was good until the end where u went really off the rails, Kant is not a simple as a general blanket morality over even different situations, but that in a specific situation, everyone should do x. For example, in general it is bad to lie etc. And in specific, Kant would say, in the murderer exanpme you gave, it is ok for everyone to lie then. Yes it is a blanket across every actor, but not a blanket across every scene.
When it comes to the axe. No according to Kant you should make a moral principle around the idea of the axe and create a maxim around it the guys not a moron he’s a genius
Exactly, you don't have a duty to answer the question. As for the other dilemma with the friend and the cinema, if they were also following Kantian ethics, then they would rush over to help you with the person dying as that duty, and your promise is not broken as you are still there with your friend. That duty supersedes the selfish act of ignoring her and going to the cinema.
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The friend expectantly pointing at the movie theater while there's a dying person on the sidewalk was so funny
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this is so great! explains Kant's ideas so clearly and the way the second character asks questions after each point really helps when trying to write a clear summary/explanation of Kant's theory :) amazing
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Try to write as though your method of writing were universal law. What if everyone wrote without capitalization or commas or periods? Writing would become meaningless, chaos would ensue ....
this feels like eavesdropping a conversation you deadly want to be a part of
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A video that explains the theory very well and gives a rebuttal allowing for deeper thought. Rare, very rare, these days.
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Deontological ethics & utilitarianism both have pros and cons, ideally we ought to have a mixture of the two. I think W.D Ross may provide an answer to this issue. Great work, as usual.
This video was very helpful! Now it 's time to go pass my ethics midterm exam.
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If your friend says "Don't help the dying person, take me to the movies NOW like you promised!", then stop being that person's friend.
That's a shitty friend. lol.
it's only a hypothetical to disprove Kantian ethics
Yeah, pretty sure one of his principles was also to help people so he would have probably just left that person standing.
Thank you so much for posting this! It clarified my understanding of Kantian Ethics helped me understand this concept from lecture at a deeper level.
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I watched almost 10 videos for kant. This is the most succinct version.🙏🙏
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The suffering person on the floor becomes a duty of care for both individuals. I mean if the friend that was promised to be taken to cinema sees the person on the floor in need his duty of care weights heavier than his desire to go to the cinema and both individuals act in good will giving the needed help to the individual on the floor. After that is done they can arrange the cinema deal again.
Well said 👏🏽
वाह।बहुत ही सुन्दर, सरल भाषा में और बेहद कम शब्दों में रोमांचित तरीके से स्पष्ट कर दिया।
बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
आपका बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद। हमें खुशी है कि आपने आनंद लिया।
In the case of duty to two opposing ideas, you would need to prioritise based on severity. While the needs of the friend are important, its not more important than a person dying. Therefore, rescheduling would be necessary.
Really enjoyed the video, I wish text books were written this way.
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I am only partway into the video, but I want to comment on certain points in the video as I watch it so that I can easily keep track of my ideas and objections.
My first objection is that there are certain acts that are considered good for society when done by a small number of people but would be catastrophic if universalized. Therefore if everyone made sure not to do things that would be catastrophic if universalized, many good and even necessary duties would be neglected causing a catastrophe.
Hey, interesting point, could you give an example of an "act that is considered good for society when done by a small number of people but would be catastrophic if universalized." ?
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@@cahierdepluie9590 Hegel gave an example which goes as follows: 'Helping the poor is technically an action to prevent someone else from helping the poor; meaning if all financially capable people gave to the poor, there will be no more poor people to be helped.' so is helping the poor *really* good? This roughly refutes the categorical imperative theory and preaches utilitarianism which can be refuted easily, so we are left with a void on the moral thrown, deeming morality as subjective.
Thank you for explain Kant's theory with narrative and clear understanding
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This was a very good example of what is "not" right about Kantian ethics. Very informative.
Thank you.
6:50 duty is only the baseline, moral aituations are the exception. The example was brought up as if you have to save a life everyday.
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Thank you! You've really helped me come to understand Kant's ethics, video form is awesome, I find it just endlessly difficult to read through the textbook and pull too much from it.
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well, now i dont have to read kants 16 pages glued in my textbook anymore.. thank u gentlemenn! this was good. you litterally turnd my 3 hours of reading him in to 8 min long. bravo.
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I wonder if one day humanity will come to an undisputed moral law that can’t be contradicted.
So we should be ethical because it is our duty and we should do our duty because it will create a better world?
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there's problems with the criticism's as you can still help someone who needs medical assistance and take your friend to the cinema they would just have to wait a bit longer and the first problem says that you must not lie however if someone is going to be murdered with an axe you also have the duty to intervene
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You could say that the axe man was violating his own categorical imperative to not be violent, and thus it becomes the categorical imperative of everyone else to stop him by force, in a sense overriding the imperative to not lie.
Essentially, any time someone violates one imperative -- all bets are off and that person becomes a target.
The only other alternative is a situation where we have cultural relativism and a virtue ethics.
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When you say "following utilitarianism could lead to morally depraved actions being permissible" how is that not question begging? Considering that we're having discussion about what is moral in the first place.
So the long short of it all is that your 'good will' is defined by your definition of duty?
And that definition is the culprit for your choices?
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so kantian ethics focuses on duty ?
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El imperativo categórico también conduce a aceptar la arbitrariedad del deber. Usándolo cómo ley universal, se puede llegar por el mismo camino a conclusiones opuestas:
O bien todos deberían tener propiedad privada, o bien nadie debería tenerla.
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Do you think "fetus does not have any rights because of the absence of Autonomy and rationality" is correct following Kantian ethics?
Lying to save a Life is a good reason to violate Kant's philosophy even if one is a genuine honorable and honest person.
I mean integrity, but with little occasional twists in situations when lying to save a Life would make one feel proud of himself.
As much as I agree with Kant in almost everything, I have a mind of my own and I would in certain situations violate my own principles if the situations calls it. It is moral responsibility.
What is better I would ask myself: do I say the truth and another person gets killed because of me or shall I save a Life by lying? I will have to lie in that situation. I would not like to live with the thought that one is dead because of me. But I would live guilt free knowing that me telling a sweet innocent lie saved a Life.
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With the situation of the employee seeking to murder his boss it’s not so clear cut that lying will necessarily save this persons life. What if the boss overheard your old coworker and attempts to escape outside. But because you seek to save your bosses life you lie to your old coworker and tell him he’s not there. Your old coworker than leaves and runs into your boss outside and kills him. We’re you morally justified in the lie?
Thank you very much!!! What I struggled to read, understand, and shove into my brain for almost 3 hours, you made me understand completely in 8 minutes!! Your video discussion made everything so much easier & understandable compared to the reading material my professor tasked us to read! So grateful huhuhu. Kotows.
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there must be a balance between kantian ethics and utilitarianism. goodwill is practicality. if everyone practiced goodwill to one another, they would see the dying person on the street and simply help them, because THAT is goodwill and moral duty. it is necessary for a mutually beneficial world to thrive and be sustainable. if everyone gained personal pleasure from helping others, there would be no problems in the world.
i.e. synthesis
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Wouldn't the alternative to lying to the ax-murderer be to attempt to stop said murderer rather than telling the truth?
Both. But there's other options not explored. You could not say anything at all, or scream to your boss to run or maybe fight the axe man.
Not, since our duties are to be fulfilled in all situations no matter what. Although not saying anything wouldn't be a lie, a rational being wouldn't count speechless actions as rational mandatories, and so the case remains against the categorical imperatives.
Seems like this just means "never lie" can't be a categorical imperative, you need to abstract by at least one more level to some more fundamental principle and try again.
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Why do I feel that the portrait in the thumbnail is of Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and not Immanuel Kant?
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I am a college student 👩🎓 and I have the philosophy, to tell the truth I don't understand anything my professor is very rude to me. can you help me with this question According to Kant, we have a duty not to lie. But imagine the following scenario. You are living in Nazi Germany, and your best friend, who is Jewish, is hiding from the Nazis in your basement. One morning a Nazi knocks on your door asking you whether there are any Jews hidden in your house. Do you think it would be moral to lie? Why? Does Kant think it would be moral to lie? Why?
Every time I do the homework he says that I am copying from the internet and he gives me an F and I had told him that I am not using the internet but he says that he doesn't care what I am saying.can you tell me what should I do.
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The Kingdom of Ends. I immediately thought of the four creeps in Sade's 120 Days of Sodom.
Whats the importance of katian ethics?
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u become unmoral person breaking promise, n save other u become moral at other, there is no scale for it only binary law, people is moral n unmoral at the same time its human, simply no moraly perfect human, but the will to always able to do the duty of becoming more moral person is the main objective, regarding the outcome, struggle to become morally perfect person, ""do not blurr the law by the outcome, the law is 1+1=2"" the human pursuit of perfect moral.
Great vid! Gotta provide a bit of constructive criticism though. The guy in the purple jacket had a voice that was paaainfully monotone. Otherwise, very well done vid!
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Act only in accord with that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law...why shouldn't it be possible to formulate a universal law that it is permissable to break a promise to save a life / or save the lives of those dying in front of you / raise an alarm at the sight of an axe wielder
M still confuse about this video any one who can understand me
Because that is what will fall into Utilitarianism, which ignores categorical imperatives and favours any act that has the best outcome overall, for instance, killing a number of babies at birth every day, or forcing abortions would overall solve the problem of over populations, but this is obviously morally impermissable.
@@philodactyl Thanks Ellie - what about universal laws couched in terms of self-organization or negentropy if we wanted to something that applied to biological systems in general?
@@timblackburn1593 Hey I'd need you to outline what you mean by your question. Are you asking about biological laws or strictly universal laws?
@@philodactyl As biological systems have to follow universal laws, both. I don't have the reference to hand, Wikipedia/Self Organisation used a quote from Critique of Judgement which looks like it's been edited out from the current article; Kant's formulation of self organization is where you'll find your answer.
2:08 ... without contradiction?
Contradiction is defined in Kantian morality as an action against the rational properties (e.g.: a lie is against truth, and since trust is derived from truth, it is against trust).
Was good until the end where u went really off the rails, Kant is not a simple as a general blanket morality over even different situations, but that in a specific situation, everyone should do x. For example, in general it is bad to lie etc. And in specific, Kant would say, in the murderer exanpme you gave, it is ok for everyone to lie then. Yes it is a blanket across every actor, but not a blanket across every scene.
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U.S. politics has gone into a utilitarian mode of ethics.
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When it comes to the axe. No according to Kant you should make a moral principle around the idea of the axe and create a maxim around it the guys not a moron he’s a genius
This dick made up the never lie that’s not what he says
His point is to be your own legislature
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You don't have to LIE, don't say anything at all.
Exactly, you don't have a duty to answer the question. As for the other dilemma with the friend and the cinema, if they were also following Kantian ethics, then they would rush over to help you with the person dying as that duty, and your promise is not broken as you are still there with your friend. That duty supersedes the selfish act of ignoring her and going to the cinema.
lmao the bearded guy looks like Ringo. you sure it is george and john?
Kantian presents a slippery slope argument.
Not really
@@lights473 It is flawed though.