PHI 3382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Critical Philosophy, Ontological Argument, Antinomy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 3382
• Professor: Jeffrey Reid

Document Summary

There"s also an empirical side to moral philosophy. Kant is aware of the fact that humans are "real" creatures. Good will: will is determined by duty alone. The more that duty runs against my inclinations, the more morally pure it is. If it"s my duty to love my enemy, get an idea of how this goes against inclination. What we"re dealing with in morality is the pure good will in itself. That"s all we can do in moral metaphysics. The application of these in the empirical realm will always be dubious; will always be open to dissatisfaction. Remember that reason is a faculty of laws or principles. Therefore it must act according to principles, not according to specific aims. This is where he introduces the notion of respect as a mobile, as a real human motivation for moral action. Derives this idea, prof thinks, from rousseau. The human being is not just rational in terms of instrumental calculable reason.