Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? Episode 06: “MIND YOUR MOTIVE”
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PART ONE: MIND YOUR MOTIVE Professor Sandel introduces Immanuel Kant, a challenging but influential philosopher. Kant rejects utilitarianism. He argues that each of us has certain fundamental duties and rights that take precedence over maximizing utility. Kant rejects the notion that morality is about calculating consequences. When we act out of duty—doing something simply because it is right—only then do our actions have moral worth. Kant gives the example of a shopkeeper who passes up the chance to shortchange a customer only because his business might suffer if other customers found out. According to Kant, the shopkeepers action has no moral worth, because he did the right thing for the wrong reason. PART TWO: THE SUPREME PRINCIPLE OF MORALITY Immanuel Kant says that insofar as our actions have moral worth, what confers moral worth is our capacity to rise above self-interest and inclination and to act out of duty. Sandel tells the true story of a thirteen-year old boy who won a spelling bee contest, but then admitted to the judges that he had, in fact, misspelled the final word. Using this story and others, Sandel explains Kants test for determining whether an action is morally right: to identify the principle expressed in our action and then ask whether that principle could ever become a universal law that every other human being could act on.
why is spiderman there?
tutorial for wannabe saints
the reason why many dislike philosophy is because of those german idealists, especially kant. Kant’s system fails, JSM owns him.
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@doubtnegqgood Woooah! A misplaced apostrophe! Oh no!!!!!!
@RunLiberty does that mean ill get some mcdonalds coupons in the back of my mathsbook?
A harvard professor would do well to understand the difference between morality and justice. (Btw, I am purposefully not capitalizing that.)
Stop being a douche.
@RunLiberty
…”America shall have it’s Renaissance”? “…it’s”?! So much for “free market education” and “wealth”!
LOL! WTF, Spiderman????
@RiseUpRadio Sandel is talking about how BBB’s slogan, if being honest is simply for making a profit, would LACK moral worth. So if “customers force business owners to stay honest” and business owners are NOT being honest as an end in itself, then according to Kant, that lacks moral worth. So in that case making “a decent living” for that reason lacks moral worth. btw “lacks moral worth” doesnt necessarily mean immoral.
I havent watched all these yet so far there have been points that have caused me to think points that i have agreed with and points i have disagreed with. But i am grateful to be able to watch all these lectures for free on youtube. So thank you to all those who have contributed to making learning easier and more accessible.
Spiderman is there to make sure we are paying attention.
@MrTedChicago These, in my opinion, are biological/natural laws. The Golden and Silver rules. The Silver rule of ‘do not do to others what you would not have them do to you” is first recorded in Hippocrates “Epidemics”.
@shotainoue Now, if Spider-Man is in the auditorium because of MJ, it is hypothetical imperatie, and is not morally worthy.
I’ve never known that spiderman’s favorite is JUSTICE.
then, I tried to find MJ.
Kant is pure
@feroxcious Spider-Man is questioning the motive for his helping of people in need. Is he doing it because he wants to help people or is he doing it to impress Mary Jane?
If Spider-Man has taught us anything, it’s that, “With great power comes great responsibility.” According to Spider-Man, strength comes with a moral obligation to society as a whole, regardless of how such strength was obtained, via radioactive spider or by hard work, for instance. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Spider-Man wasn’t paid commensurate to his labor, so it sounds very utilitarian to me. Society has determined his services are required for the greater good even without payment.
Sandel didn’t attend well to the last objection.
26:08 there is a student dressed as spider-man.
If someone has already made this comment, let me know. But, doesn’t Hillel’s dictum satisfy Kant’s definition of the supreme moral principle, viz., “Do not do to others what is hateful to you.”, or “Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.”?
Indeed, everyone is hankering after the categorical imperative.
@feroxcious Why NOT?
lol wtf spiderman is smart!