To summarise this, the moral law is universal a priori, as a matter of logical consistency, which is synonymous with conscious rationality, and it necessitates acting consistently with all manifestations of conscious rationality (other conscious rational beings, or simply Humanity). Yes?
That’s a very good summary I would say! For completeness I would add the not so futile notion that the moral law has no imaginable completion in the natural world of cause and effect. But more on that important notion in part 2!
This was incredibly fascinating! I have always found Kant’s notion of Respect baffling but now I think I get it. Especially with the first comment above— that really shed some light as well
To summarise this, the moral law is universal a priori, as a matter of logical consistency, which is synonymous with conscious rationality, and it necessitates acting consistently with all manifestations of conscious rationality (other conscious rational beings, or simply Humanity). Yes?
That’s a very good summary I would say! For completeness I would add the not so futile notion that the moral law has no imaginable completion in the natural world of cause and effect. But more on that important notion in part 2!
This was incredibly fascinating! I have always found Kant’s notion of Respect baffling but now I think I get it. Especially with the first comment above— that really shed some light as well
Thanks for reading and the positive feedback! Kant goes to the core of these concepts like no other!