The Moral Argument: Kant continued ...
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- The Moral Argument: Kant continued ...
- Analysed Aquinas' Fourth Way
- His proof of existence of God based on Moral behaviour.
- Innate Moral Awareness.
- Kant believed everyone had this.
- Categorical Imperative: had to follow this = moral.
- CI = A command to perform actions that are absolute moral obligations without any reference to circumstances or consequences.
- Do this using reason.
- God's commands are not the basis of morality, reason is.
- God wills the moral law that we discover through reason.
- In order to explain morality, you have to believe that God exists.
- Reason for reasons sake.
- Ought implies can.
- Analysed Aquinas' Fourth Way
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