PHIL 1200 Lecture 78: Lecture 78
15 May 2017
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Lomoarcpsd| 987298 since the authority of other requirements just consists in there being reasons for us to obey them. So in its most general formulation, moral obligation asks of us to (cid:498)act for reasons(cid:499) There is no point in asking any further why i should act for reasons. This command for reasons is categorical or absolute. Well, all this sounds fine, but it is all pretty general. There is probably a reason why a thief stole. They have to be universal this is so both: With regards to one person over time (it cannot be that the same thing can count as a reason for me to do x today but not tomorrow, if nothing has changed in between) With regards to different people under the same circumstances (it cannot be that something can count as a reason for me doing it but not for someone else doing it, if the circumstances are the same)
