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e Kantian (deontological) ethics, there is a God, maxim, there is the…

- - - - ○ Kantian ethics is deontological
- - - - e.g. Hitler did terrible things but killed himself before could be punished
    - - ensures justice is served to those who acted morally/dutifully
  - - - e.g. cause of consequences or emotion
- - - - Ross claims we will simply know by consulting out intuition.
- - - - E.g. running a hospital with a fixed budget & having to make difficult decisions about
- - - - promotes gender equality, gay-rights, & all minority groups in society
    - - agrees with concept of dominion from Genesis & belief that humans have soul, whist animals don't
    - - e.g. Good Samaritan & Golden Rule
    - - is this realistic - as humans we are motivated by our goals & emotions
    - - implications of euthanasia
    - - do humans have moral faculties on par with God?
    - - would this really happen? it would involve selflessness by all
    - - only reason for visiting sick friend is out of duty rather than compassion or care - completely change our view or relationships
- - - - But agapeic love & duty may result in same outcome
- - - - = duty
        
        once its a duty you morally must do it
        
        'duty for the sake of duty'
        
        here we see importance of good will, its not always easy to act on ones duty when consequences could be bad for others. a good will is necessary for us to act dutiful.
        
        only 1 intrinsically good thing = 'good will', to have good will is to do ones duty, you can never make something worse by acting through good will.
      - We should act as if we live in a kingdom of ends, our action should be based on the assumption that others would also act morally & treat everyone as ends not means. Everyone should act as though everyone else has the same human rights as themselves
      - Imagine all are following the theory