PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Summum Bonum, Kantian Ethics, Jean-Paul Sartre
23 Oct 2020
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And don"t perform actions that you think would not be morally right for others in your position. Immanuel kant (1724-1804: german (prussian) philosopher, made major contributions in all areas of philosophy, critique of pure reason (1781, groundwork to the metaphysics of morals (grundlegung zur metaphysik der sitten) (1785, what is enlightenment? (1784) Immanuel kant: two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within . Instead, it springs from the nature of rational, autonomous beings like us (a. k. a. The answer to the question, who says i have to not murder? is: your very nature as a person. Kantian ethics rules out as immoral maxims of action that can"t be shared by other persons, as well as actions that mis-value persons.
