Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kantian Ethics
15 Apr 2016
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More ideas from book 2 of the groundwork: 2 or more kinds of ends (goals) Have value because they are things people choose to value, hence why they"re subjective. A lot of things would not have value if people didn"t value them. A contrast in two ways something can have value. Value does not rest on someone valuing it, it has value independently/intrinsically. Cannot be reduced to something whose value rests on being valued: another formulation of the categorial imperative (ci) Rational beings act on the basis of impulse, a feature of persons essential to understanding the principle of morality. Simple thought behind kantian ethics: it is wrong to reduce people to mere instruments. Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end.
