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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi
The Search for Ethical Values
Kantian Ethics

Essays





1

Characterize Kant's notion of the good will, and discuss the two criteria an action must meet in order to have moral worth, according to Kant.
2

Explain Kant's distinction between hypothetical and categorical imperatives, and indicate which forms the backbone of Kant ethical system.
3

Describe Kant's categorical imperative test for universalizability.
4

Contrast the view of persons in Kant's notion of persons as "ends in themselves" with the utilitarian conception.
5

Summarize some of the most attractive and most potentially problematic aspects of Kant's ethics.








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