PHI 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Categorical Imperative, Universal Rule, Universalizability
7 Nov 2016
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Two things fill my mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. kant, critique of pure reason (1781) Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good without qualification, except a good will. kant, foundations of the metaphysics of morals (1785); (p. 69 in. References involving only page numbers are to eap. ) Kant"s moral theory two key principles of immanuel kant"s moral theory are the categorical. Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. p. 72 & p. 73) Act only on principles that one can will all others to act on as well. (darwall, p. 154) According to kant the categorical imperative is the fundamental principle of morality. The categorical imperative provides a procedure for determining whether an act is right or wrong.
