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Post on 02-Jan-2016
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MORAL LAWS
• UNIVERSALLY BINDING• ARISE FROM THE COMMON
NATURE SHARED BY ALL HUMANS– STRUCTURES OF THOUGHT
• SUBJECTIVE DIMENSION
MORAL WORTH
• FROM THE GOOD WILL• ACT ACCORDING TO REASON• ACT OUT OF A SENSE OF DUTY• ACT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE
LAW
IMPERATIVES
• CATEGORICAL– UNIVERSAL– SENSE OF DUTY– RESPECT FOR MORAL LAW– MAXIM BECOMES A UNIVERSAL LAW– FORMULATE THE MORAL LAW
• HYPOTHETICAL– CONDITIONAL
FACTORS NOT GIVING MORAL WORTH TO ACTIONS
• CONSEQUENCES• INCLINATIONS• EXTERNAL LAW OR LAWGIVERS• TOO VARIABLE TO PROVIDE A
BASIS FOR UNIVERSAL LAW
AUTONOMY
• GOVERNING ONESELF• GENERATION OF MORAL LAW
– MORAL LEGISLATOR
• OBEDIENCE TO MORAL LAW• CONTRAST WITH HETERONOMY
– GOVERNED BY FACTORS EXTERNAL TO SELF
MAJOR PRINCIPLE
• RESPECT FOR PERSONS• ONE MUST ACT SO AS TO TREAT
EVERY PERSON AS AN END AND NEVER AS A MEANS ONLY
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