Lesson 1 discusses Immanuel Kant's views on duty and agency. Specifically, it outlines that for Kant, ethical living has three main components: 1) reason provides the foundation, 2) goodwill is the source, and 3) duty is the motivation. It also notes that while the voice of God is not heard directly today, a priori principles can help guide us in moral situations.
Lesson 1 discusses Immanuel Kant's views on duty and agency. Specifically, it outlines that for Kant, ethical living has three main components: 1) reason provides the foundation, 2) goodwill is the source, and 3) duty is the motivation. It also notes that while the voice of God is not heard directly today, a priori principles can help guide us in moral situations.
Lesson 1 discusses Immanuel Kant's views on duty and agency. Specifically, it outlines that for Kant, ethical living has three main components: 1) reason provides the foundation, 2) goodwill is the source, and 3) duty is the motivation. It also notes that while the voice of God is not heard directly today, a priori principles can help guide us in moral situations.
Reporter: Erlan A. Manigo III BSAM 1K Duty and Agency
• Kant insists that every time we confront moral situations
there are formally operative a priori principles that can be brought to the fore. A priori truths can better help the learner of ethics sort through one’s task of living ethically. For Kant, respectively, the foundation (reason), source (goodwill), and motivation (duty) of ethical living. Duty and Agency
• The voice of God is not heard directly today while