PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Logical Volume Management, If And Only If, Nules
21 Sep 2014
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Prima facie obligation: general obligations we must follow. [vs. utilitarian ] hypothetical imperatives: rules/prescriptions we have to follow depending on what we desire. About what u want, but rather the categorical. If i want x then i must do y hypothetical/conditional statement: universality : rules must apply to everyone, so if they can"t apply to everyone, don"t do it. Test: act only according to the reason that guides your actions (intentions) as long as you know it accords with the universal law without contradiction (without undermining its own ability to function) *if it can be made into a universal law without contradiction it can also be made into a moral law: not treating people as a mean to your ends: Ends/means test: you have to treat other humans as having intrinsic value and never solely as a means to other ends. Intrinsic value: an end in itself; something we pursue for its own sake.
