Key words

• moral law

  binding moral obligation
• maxims

  another word for moral rules, determined by reason
• duty

  duties are created by the moral law to follow it si our only duty, deontological means duty-based
• summum bonum

  the highest, most supreme good
• good will

  a person of good will is a person who makes decisions according to the moral law
• categorical imperative

  an unconditional moral obligation that is always binding irrespective of a persons inclination or purpose
• hypothetical imperative

  a moral obligation that only applies if one desires the implied goal
• kingdom of ends

  an imagined future in which all people act in accordance to the moral law, the categorical impertative
• Deontological

  Strictly/ intrinsically right or wrong