Consider the Categorical Imperative that Kant formulates in the reading from his work “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”:
“I ought not act, less I should can will my maxim to become universal law.”
Prompt: What is the difference between categorical and hypothetical imperatives? Is it or is it not the case that the Categorical Imperative (we should only act in such and such a way, that in every such instance we could act that way) provide appropriate direction for a course of moral action? Consider specifically the response to the objection to Kant’s position of the Inquiring Murderer.
Required Reading: Immanuel Kant “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”
Recommended Reading: “Kant’s Moral Philosophy”, Introduction, Sections 1, 2, 3, & 4 < http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/index…
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