tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566162782467918402.post184790212761663167..comments2024-03-29T04:33:56.046-07:00Comments on Wrestling with Philosophy : Do You Trust People Who Watch Jersey Shore? Kant and the Principle of AutonomyAmitabha Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302663284135239000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566162782467918402.post-16402602328623830032022-05-04T23:54:13.203-07:002022-05-04T23:54:13.203-07:00Hiring the right professional packers and movers i...Hiring the right professional packers and movers is imperative in order to get moving without getting moving blues and stress. Internet is full of helpful resources. You can search online on the web and contact professional removal companies one by one to get assistance on your coming move.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566162782467918402.post-72931757901259346002011-10-30T14:54:40.971-07:002011-10-30T14:54:40.971-07:00More more thing I should add is that, obviously th...More more thing I should add is that, obviously there are situations where our personal interests conflict with what (1) and (2) tell us to do; this is precisely the difference between acting according to moral duty and personal interest. You might argue that Kant's system is all fine and dandy for telling us what the morally correct thing to do is but it does little to inform us/compel us why someone would/should do the right thing rather than act in their personal interest. The Kant's basic answer to this challenge (simple version) is that if you act contrary to a decision that was arrived at through reason you are by definition acting irrationally; and by acting irrationally you are acting as an unfree agent...and that would suck.aphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833922298250450324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566162782467918402.post-42394382650383281382011-10-30T14:48:50.299-07:002011-10-30T14:48:50.299-07:00@Nima.
Your concerns are exactly what Kant&...@Nima. <br /> Your concerns are exactly what Kant's moral philosophy attempts to address through (1) and (2). The reason why Kant thinks we should apply (1) and (2) is precisely because it removes our moral decision from the perspective of personal preference and egocentric goals to that of universality and respect for all of humanity and ends in themselves. Of course there are alternative moral systems/principles besides (1) and (2) to which we could apply reason and come up with different courses of action but Kant's argument is that (1) and (2) are the correct principles to which we should apply our reason and if er'body applied reasoned through these 2 principles they'd come up with the same answer. <br /> Think of a moral system as a computer program: the software is a bunch of algorithms (moral principles # 1 and #2). You plug in the the inputs, i.e., should I do action 'x', and the program will always spit out the same outputs regardless of what computer you are running the program on. <br /> My criticism of Kant is that I'm not convinced that all "computers" (i.e. humans) function equally well or the same. I think they will get different answers, not because the program is inconsistent or problematic (that's a separate issue) but that human hardware isn't standardized/we run different operating systems...or some sort of analogy like that. I should have made this more explicit in my original post. I hope I've correctly understood what you meant.aphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833922298250450324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566162782467918402.post-75418378869157265572011-10-30T09:12:50.265-07:002011-10-30T09:12:50.265-07:00P.S. After avoiding it for years, I watched one e...P.S. After avoiding it for years, I watched one episode of jersey shore... and now I'm hooked, even though I'm morally against it.Nimahttp://www.drnima.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566162782467918402.post-18536055431884865792011-10-30T09:11:37.918-07:002011-10-30T09:11:37.918-07:00Even if everyone had reason to the same degree, al...Even if everyone had reason to the same degree, although we all may have an internal "moral law", there are many variables that affect our behavior-- that will have us do the exact thing that is against our own idealistic morals. You can take any reasonable, moral person and put them in the right environment, and you might be surprised what they turn out to doing. This goes for e'rbody.Nimahttp://www.drnima.comnoreply@blogger.com