Teleological vs Deontological morality - Kant vs Aquinas

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[@dan_fantastic9353]

very thoughtful thank you, I would love more

[@cooperpage2190]

excellent!

[@mikeguastaferri4943]

This was helpful. Thank You

[@makeeverythingeasy4324]

I am not fond of how the way the maxims are derived for Kant is never mentioned. Rationality plays a unique role in his demonstrations, and ethical principals hold the same robust entailment as logical principals.

[@BillThe3rd]

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[@antun88]

I feel like In the middle ages you had really no reason to doubt the ontological. It was part of reality. It was not "transcendent" like we view it today. So basing morality in it was no different than basing it today in science or logic, which Kant did. Am I making any sense XD?

[@makeeverythingeasy4324]

The onto-logical literally speaks of "Being as such", as it's subject of contemplation, so yeah.

[@cooperpage2190]

It is reality, not merely a part.

[@makeeverythingeasy4324]

@@cooperpage2190 Ever since Aristotle, Being was known as non predicable. It was determined therefore that Being can only be studied by means of substantial senses included in it. So the categories were devised. Therefore, it isn't wrong to say that it is a part of reality, in fact it is necessarily so.

[@cooperpage2190]

@@makeeverythingeasy4324 I'm confused, I've never studied any of this that deeply, but my understanding has always been that being is the whole and observable attributes are the parts, like existence vs essence. My gripe with deontology has always been that it is illusory and completely reliant on virtues, virtue is the source of our goodness, our actions are its essence, and the utility... God knows!

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