BIOL 1001 Chapter : Chapter6rev1 1
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The only thing that matters is consequent pleasure. This is the mental state of being pleased. 11/12/2013 11:38:00 pm: the good will is the only thing that"s good in and of itself , good will is the only thing that is unconditionally good, meaning, good will is something produced by reason. How do we raise this to a universal law? (stripping it of particulars) Deception must be possible: how am i going to raise this maxim to a categorical imperative, meaning it will apply to all reasonable beings, just as 2+2=4 will be a conclusion all reasonable beings will come to. This is b/c if random things happened every time you do the same thing, you couldn"t know the result. you need the determined world to exercise free will/autonomy: kingdom of ends. I make my laws a universal law, so everyone who is rational can determine my law : how does kant say categorical imperative possible, because they are autonomous.
