POL 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Categorical Imperative, Kalua, Political Philosophy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 3102
• Professor: Sascha Maicher

Document Summary

But that choice stems from something more fundamental our capacity to reason: we are reasonable creatures therefore capable of moral decisions the most important thing about being human the use of this reason, one of central aspects is his emphasis on the individual (autonomy). Represents a very clear defense of individual"s capacity to reason on his or her own. The ability to stand back from the values and beliefs you have been told to believe and judge them: to be autonomous is no just to do what you want. The things that stop people from exercising their autonomy and capacity to reason are laziness and cowardice: the problem is located in the self - you innately have the capacity, it is your choice to use it. This is why it is so crucial that this capacity to reflective thought needs to be maintained.