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    Deontology is the study of duty and obligation in ethics. It evaluates actions based on whether they are the right thing to do as a matter of duty. Immanuel Kant was a major proponent of deontology. For Kant, morality depends on acting in accordance with duty and principles that are determined by reason rather than external forces or sensible impulses. Kant believed that as rational beings with free will, humans have autonomy and can determine moral laws through reason alone.

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    Deontology is the study of duty and obligation in ethics. It evaluates actions based on whether they are the right thing to do as a matter of duty. Immanuel Kant was a major proponent of deontology. For Kant, morality depends on acting in accordance with duty and principles that are determined by reason rather than external forces or sensible impulses. Kant believed that as rational beings with free will, humans have autonomy and can determine moral laws through reason alone.

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    DEONTOLOGY

    DUTY AND AGENCY


    Deontology – came from Greek word “deon” which means “being necessary” and
    “logos” which means “to study”.
    refers to the study of duty and obligation
     The moral theory that evaluates actions that are done because of duty.
     Immanuel Kant – The main proponent of deontology
    -- German enlightenment(he Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual and
    philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 17th and 18th
    centuries) philosopher
    Rational will – The capacity to act according to principles that we determine to ourselves.
    - Heralded the “Copernican Revolution in
    Philosophy ( Nicolaus Copernicus was the 15th
    Immanuel Kant (1724- century astronomer who proposed the
    1804) heliocentric model of the universe in his book “
    De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium”
    - Heliocentric – Sun is the center of the universe
    - Kant wrote Groundworks towards a
    Metaphysics of Morals ( In this work Kant
    brings our attention to the fact that we, human
    beings, have the faculty called rational will.)
    - Faculty – Inherent mental capacity.
    Human and Animals

    Human
    • Sentient • Sentient – Has the ability to perceive
    • interact with its surroundings and navigate its external environment.
    • Rational • interact with its surroundings
    • Rationality – Able to construct ideas and thoughts
    thar are beyond our immediate surroundings. • act according to impulse, based on
    ( construct blueprint, construct/ construction) natural instincts
    • Agency – The ability of a person to act based on • act with immediacy (from Latin: I +
    his/her intentions and mental states.
    medius, or no middle)
    AUTONOMY / HETERONOMY
     Autos – Self
     Nomos – Law
     Heteros - other
     Autos + Nomos = autonomy ( self-law or self-legislating)
     Heteros + Nomos = heteronomy ( other law)
     Autonomy – the will that is subject to a principle or Law (internal)
     heteronomy – is the simple legislation and imposition of a law by an external authority.
    Rational will and Animal impulse
    • According to Kant there is a difference between what determines a choice or decision,
    whether it is caused by sensible impulse or by pure reason.
    • Sensible impulse are usually bodily and emotional.
    • Bodily – instinct and desire ( eat, drink, drink and sleep, sexual intercourse)
    • Emotions – ( jealousy
    • Animal choice or arbitrium brutum – set of actions that are caused by sensible impulse.
    • Free choice – choice or action that is determined by pure reason.
    • Mental capacity – is what makes the intervention possible between the stimulus and reaction.

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