PHIL 2010H Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Categorical Imperative

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Objective: there is a fact of the matter as to what is morally right and morally wrong. So the moral law gives definite answers to what should i do? questions. Universal: these answers do not depend on the subjective opinions or situations or individuals, or even the historical and cultural features of societies. They are the same for all rational beings. Proof that there can be a categorical imperative. Rational beings have subjective ends: that is, they have needs and goals that are specific. So they cannot be the basis for any universal, objective obligations that are binding on everyone. imperatives. Subconclusion: therefore these subjective ends can only be the base of hypothetical. But every rational being also has an objective end: its own rational existence is not a. This objective end of every rational being has absolute (intrinsic) value.

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