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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / a. Preconditions for ethics

21415	Duty is impossible without prior moral feeling, conscience, love and self-respect [Kant]
	Full Idea: Moral feeling, conscience, love of one's neighbour, and respect for oneself (self-esteem). There is no obligation to have these, because they lie at the basis of morality, as subjective conditions of receptiveness to the concept of duty.
	From: Immanuel Kant (Metaphysics of Morals II:Doctrine of Virtue [1797], 399 Intro XII)
	A reaction: A bit of a revelation, this one, because I thought the only precondition for Kantian morality was rationality. Turns out that he agrees with Aristotle (Idea 46) that you can't started in morality if your heart isn't in the right place.

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

21409	Moral principles do not involve feelings [Kant]
	Full Idea: No moral principle is based on any feeling whatsoever.
	From: Immanuel Kant (Metaphysics of Morals II:Doctrine of Virtue [1797], 376 Pref)