Philosophy 1020 Lecture 9: Lecture 15/10/2015
19 Oct 2015
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According to kant, an action has worth if it is from duty or from the sake of duty. You did something because morality required it. Things you ought to do, and ought not to do. Commitment to the first half requires a consequential condition. Rules cannot make everybody happy, therefore, the imperative is hypothetical to each individual. The fact that we are beings, is kind of contingent, according to. Does not bind on any condition, but on you being in its audience; being a candidate. Whatever moral law is, it is categorical. Does not depend on you having any dependency, desire, or wanting of happiness. You cannot say it does not apply to me . You can only act on a rule that everybody must act on. If morality is not attached to any particular good, it has to rely on something that is formal.
