Immanuel Kant: Selected Summaries: SELECTED SUMMARIES

By MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU

We have summarized the essentials of "Groundwork Of The Metaphysic Of Morals", in relation to its main concepts. The work is completed with two brief syntheses: the prologue of the second edition and the introduction of "Critique Of Pure Reason" and "What is Enlightenment?".

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOOKS AND SUMMARIES BY MAURICIO FAU
• Release date: Oct 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201635770

MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU

Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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Immanuel Kant: Selected Summaries

SELECTED SUMMARIES

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IMMANUEL KANT: SELECTED SUMMARIES

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KANT, Emmanuel | GROUNDWORK OF THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALS

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KANT, Emmanuel

GROUNDWORK OF THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALS

MAIN IDEAS

In the field of knowledge, Kant came to the conclusion that metaphysical objects (God, the soul, the world) cannot be known, because all human knowledge is limited to the sphere of experience, and these objects do not belong to this dimension. .

But Kant also warns that these matters are never indifferent to us, because despite the fact that we cannot know them, they interest us greatly. Kant seeks a solution to this ambiguity, although not in the field of knowledge but in that of ethics, in that of practical reason, as Kant calls reason insofar as it determines the action of man.

We do not know the absolute, but we have some contact with the absolute. This contact occurs in the moral conscience, that is, the conscience of good and evil, of what is just and what is unjust.

Moral conscience represents, according to Kant, the presence of something absolute in man, because moral conscience is the conscience of duty, that is, the conscience that commands absolutely, the conscience that orders unconditionally. What he commands, he commands without restriction or condition. The moral conscience is the conscience of an absolute demand, of a demand that is not explained.

Nature is the realm of being, of things that simply are; instead, moral conscience is the realm of what should be.

In the domain of nature everything is conditioned according to causal laws. In the moral conscience appears an imperative that commands unconditionally, a categorical imperative.

The moral conscience says, for example, You shall not lie, without subjecting this command to any conditions. It does not say that you should not lie in such and such circumstances to achieve a reward; this would not be a moral requirement but an expression of cunning.

When saying if I want to earn money, I must not lie it is an imperative, an order (I must not lie), but the imperative refers to a condition (wanting to earn money); but if I don't want to win it, the imperative ceases to apply. This type of imperative is called by Kant hypothetical.

Moral imperatives are not hypothetical, they are unconditional, that is, categorical, because what the imperative commands is sent without further ado, without any conditions.

In his work Foundations of the metaphysics of customs Kant affirms that the only thing that can be considered as good without restriction is good will. Everything else, for example money, intelligence, etc., is not good in an absolute way, but relative: it depends on how it is used.

But goodwill is absolutely good, under no circumstances can it be bad.

Duty is goodwill but under certain restrictions, placed under certain obstacles that prevent it from manifesting