The Good Will

Cards (8)

  • Good without qualification
  • It's autonomous
     acting in accordance with one's moral duty rather than one's desires.
  • How is this a non-natural theory?

    a chosen act, not a natural act
  • We can never have absolute certainty since all our perceptions can be mistaken
  • 'The autonomy of the will is not the sole principle of all moral laws and of the duties conforming to them'
    critique of practical reason
  • What is the aim?
    • to seek out and establish the supreme principle of morality
    • not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness
  • Good will + duty = moral action
  • Case of the axe murderer
    tell the truth as that is our moral duty as moral citizens