PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Immanuel Kant, Hypothetical Imperative, Categorical Imperative
15 Feb 2017
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Week 5 - immanuel kant: on the common saying. Kant gives the outline of a republican state. He frames his discussion around the relation between theory and practice in 3 separate areas: morality in general with regard to the welfare of each individual man, politics with regard to the welfare of states. International law with regard to the welfare of the human species. On the relationship of theory to practice in morality in general. Christian grave holds that oral principles cannot be adopted and enacted in practice. Hence, grave argued, the unbridgeable gap between theory and practice. If you"re ratio(cid:374)al you"re (cid:272)apa(cid:271)le of (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour something that has to do with this human character that enables us to be sensitive to the call of reason, act out of duty, reverence to lawfulness. Duty is necessity of acting out of reverence for law.
