Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724 to 1804), born in Königsberg, where he taught at the university; author of the three Critiques and the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals.
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Nothing in the world, or out of it, can be called good without qualification except a good will
Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good, without qualification, except a good will.
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Nothing in the world, or out of it, can be called good without qualification except a good will
Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good, without qualification, except a good will.
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873) Said c. 1785
A good will seems to be the indispensable condition of even deserving happiness
Thus a good will appears to constitute the indispensable condition even of being worthy of happiness.
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873) Said c. 1785
Duty is the necessity of acting out of respect for the law
The third proposition, which is a consequence of the two preceding, I would express thus: Duty is the necessity of acting from respect for the law.
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873) Said c. 1785
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There is only one categorical imperative: act only on a maxim you could at the same time will to become a universal law
There is therefore but one categorical imperative, namely, this: Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873) Said c. 1785
Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only
Accordingly the practical imperative will be as follows: So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as means only.
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873) Said c. 1785
In the kingdom of ends, what can be replaced by an equivalent has value; what is above all value and admits no equivalent has dignity
In the kingdom of ends everything has either value or dignity. Whatever has a value can be replaced by something else which is equivalent; whatever, on the other hand, is above all value, and therefore admits of no equivalent, has a dignity.
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873) Said c. 1785
Autonomy is the basis of the dignity of human beings and of every rational nature
Autonomy then is the basis of the dignity of human and of every rational nature.
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873) Said c. 1785
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