PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 69: Kantian Ethics, Retributive Justice
15 May 2017
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Lomoarcpsd| 987298 member or as sovereign in a kingdom of ends which is rendered. Morality is the highest principle of action, and the only one that (cid:498)a rational being must always regard himself as giving laws eithers as a possibly by the freedom of will(cid:499) No amount of pleasure or happiness (either personal or communal) could ever make an immoral act permissible. It explains where morality comes from possesses dignity: morality is a feature of human rationality. Just as reason tells us that 2+2=4, it also tells us that we should obey the categorical imperative. They are all able to identify what the categorical imperative demands in every case, and therefore, what the morally right thing to do is. It makes it possible for all to obey morality. You do not have to be a good and caring person to do the right thing (as the subjectivists seem to think)
