- Affective states(as what Kant says should NOT be the basis for morality)
- Emotions or feelings you experience, like joy, sadness, or fear—basically your emotional state at any moment.
- Heteronomous(as used in ethics)
- Controlled by something outside of you, rather than by your own rational will; the opposite of acting from your own reasoned principles.
- Kantian
- "Kantian" refers to the ideas of Immanuel Kant, an 18th-century German philosopher who fundamentally changed how we think about knowledge and morality. Kant argued that our minds actively shape what we experience in the world (rather than passively receiving information) and that we have a universal moral duty to act according to principles we'd want everyone to follow. His influence is so widespread that "Kantian" is used today to describe any approach to ethics or thinking that emphasizes reason, universal principles, and treating people as ends in themselves rather than as means to an end.
- Rational acknowledgment(as used in ethics)
- Understanding and accepting something through reason and logic, rather than through emotion or intuition.
- Responsibility-taking(as used in ethics)
- The act of acknowledging that you are the one who chose to do something, and accepting the consequences of that choice.
- moral agency(Debated in the context of whether AI systems can qualify as moral agents)
- The status of being an entity toward which others have moral duties, and which may itself bear moral duties.
- moral law(Locke's moral philosophy; The Reasonableness of Christianity)
- A law constituted by God's imposition, which alone creates genuine obligation — distinct from rational counsel or advice about morality
- temperament(Moral agency and ethical decision-making)
- A biologically determined disposition that colors a moral agent's distinctive perspective and inclinations toward action.