PP224 Lecture Notes - Civil Society, Hypothetical Imperative, Immanuel Kant
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Two kinds of statements: descriptive temperature is mean kinetic energy . Make claims about the way the world is, was, or will be: normative i should get dressed before noon . Make claims about the way the world ought to be or have been. Ethical justification to make claims about the way the world ought to be and provide reasons for these claims. Philosophical ethics is the reasoned attempt to resolve important practical dilemmas. That is, it tells us which actions are permissible. Important practical dilemmas put us in a position of conflict. What is important reflects how deep of significance it is to our lives, which derives from our actions and the effects and on lives in interests of ourselves and others. Moral agent anything/anyone that can act for moral reasons (i will do __ because it is the right thing to do)
