PHIL 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Logical Truth, Practical Reason, Hypothetical Imperative
30 May 2016
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Notes: objective -> true for all rational agents. (kant: we won"t know the world in itself apart from the filters of reason) Hypothetical imperative: hypothetical = if x, then y . If you want coffee, you must make it or get it. These require you to agree to the 1st half. Categorical imperative: categorical statements all x is y . Always good, good in themselves, not for the sake of some other end. Kant further divides hypothetical imperatives into two sub-variables: Imperative of skill/technical/rules of skill: a problematically practical principle - problem- solving. E. g. if you eant to chop a tree quickly, sharpen your axe. Imperative of prudence/practical pragmatic circumstances. practical reason: matter of prudence. Concerns what is conducive for us by our human nature assertorically practical principle. Whatever we find out to be conducive to happiness and well-being intimate attachment -> happiness. Money only relavent for below poverty level: categorical imperative: commands of morality.
