PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: A Priori And A Posteriori, Gang Of Youths, Consequentialism
17 Sep 2020
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The world that we know does not exist independently of us, like plato"s intelligible world; our mind is responsible for the form and structure of the world. In morality, we are not required to obey laws imposed by god or eternal moral principles or platonic forms: morality rests on a law that derives from our own rational natures. Kant created a new way of thinking about morality. Kant"s ethical thought has been historically influential. The positions advanced in the groundwork remain influential today. Absolute necessity = applies to all beings at all times. A metaphysics of morals is absolutely necessary , not merely on grounds of speculation but because morals themselves . Acting in conformity with the moral law vs acting from the moral law. The present groundwork is nothing more than the identification and corroboration of the supreme principle of morality (4:392).
