Activity 6.
CHART-Making
STRENGTHS
STRENGTHS
* creates the foundation for
human conduct where actions can
become a universal law because
of its goodness
* creates moral absolutes where
people in society strive to be
morally perfect
* creates more personal
responsibility where individuals
act as if they are the lawgivers
* creates certainty because it is
concerned with the ethics of the
actions and do not have to wait to
see the outcome
* creates a sense of duty in a
secular world
* autonomous ethical decision
making
* justice is absolute
(unconditional)
* duty and inclination are rightly
separated
WEAKNESSES
* it is subjective, making it
difficult to define right and wrong
* doesn’t include self-defense
ideas
* it may be used for supernatural
and religious excuses that do not
benefit society
* lack of concern for
consequences can sometimes be
disastrous
* No flexibility; deontology
leaves the individual with no
chance to consider the
circumstances or consequences of
an action.
* No two people can have the
same sense of goodwill as their
experiences of moral demands
will be different.
* cold & impersonal; not how
morality works in practice
* The goodwill is not enough.
Consequences do matter.
WEAKNESSES