PHIL 2010H Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Categorical Imperative
2 May 2017
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Fourth and fifth formulations of the categorical imperative: autonomy and the kingdom of. Act in accordance with the idea of the will of every rational being as a will that legislates universal law (38). Act as the sovereign of a kingdom of rational beings, legislating universal law; and at the same time as a member of that kingdom, subject to that law (39-40). So moral laws are like laws of arithmetic, but we don"t see ourselves as people legislating these laws. Moral law is enabling you to be a more rational being than you would otherwise be. Moral and rational nature will tell you what to do, and your will decides whether or not you want to do what it tells you to do. According to kant, a will is more free if it does act in accordance with moral and rational nature.
