INTRODUCTORY ETHICS

KANT'S FOUNDATIONS OF THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS

1. BASIS FOR MORAL DECISION

A. UNIVERSAL MAXIM

B. TREAT OTHERS AS ENDS AND NOT MEANS

C. AUTONOMY/FREEDOM

2. DUTY & MORAL LAW--> ABSOLUTE NECESSITY

3. NOT PLATO & NOT MILL

4. PRACTICAL RULE VS. MORAL LAW

5. GOOD WILL--GOOD WITHOUT QUALIFICATION

A. CHARACTER

B. CONDITION--WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE--OF HAPPINESS

C. GOOD IN ITSELF VS. INSTRUMENTALLY GOOD

6. INCLINATION

A. REASON VS. INSTINCT/INCLINATION/DESIRE

7. DUTY VS. INCLINATION

8. AGAINST MILL

9. KEY ARGUMENT--PG. 114

10. WILL IS PRACTICAL REASON

11. SUBJECTIVELY CONTINGENT VS. OBJECTIVELY NECESSARY

12. IMPERATIVES--COMMANDS OF REASON/OUGHTS

A. HYPOTHETICAL--PRACTICAL NECESSITY--MEANS TO END

CONDITIONAL

B. CATEGORICAL--OBJECTIVELY NECESSARY--GOOD IN ITSELF

UNCONDITIONAL

13. CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

A. FIRST FORMULATION

B. SECOND FORMULATION

C. THIRD FORMULATION

14. DUTIES

A. TO SELF

B. TO OTHERS

C. PERFECT

D. IMPERFECT

15. APPLICATIONS OF CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

A. SUICIDE

B. BORROWING

C. TALENT

D. HELPING OTHERS

16. "THING" VS. "PERSON"

A. CONDITIONAL WORTH--MEANS

B. UNCONDITIONAL WORTH--END

C. RESPECT & DIGNITY

17. THIRD FORMULATION & APPLICATIONS