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Ideas for 'teaching', 'Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals' and 'Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language'

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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
3715 Other causes can produce nice results, so morality must consist in the law, found only in rational beings [Kant]
20715 It is basic that moral actions must be done from duty [Kant]
7105 If 'maxims' are deeper underlying intentions, Kant can be read as a virtue theorist [Kant, by Statman]
7625 We can ask how rational goodness is, but also why is rationality good [Putnam on Kant]
3710 The only purely good thing is a good will [Kant]
3737 The will is good if its universalised maxim is never in conflict with itself [Kant]
4024 Kant follows Rousseau in defining freedom and morality in terms of each other [Taylor,C on Kant]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
3735 Men are subject to laws which are both self-made and universal [Kant]
3724 A categorical imperative sees an action as necessary purely for its own sake [Kant]
3718 Telling the truth from duty is quite different from doing so to avoid inconvenience [Kant]
3723 There are no imperatives for a holy will, as the will is in harmony with moral law [Kant]
3714 Dutiful actions are judged not by purpose, but by the maxim followed [Kant]
5295 Kant was happy with 'good will', even if it had no result [Kant, by Marx/Engels]
6695 Kant has to attribute high moral worth to some deeply unattractive human lives [Kant, by Graham]
8028 Kantian duty seems to imply conformism with authority [MacIntyre on Kant]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
8026 Almost any precept can be consistently universalized [MacIntyre on Kant]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative
15673 The intuition behind the categorical imperative is that one ought not to make an exception of oneself [Kant, by Finlayson]
8068 Universalising a maxim needs to first stipulate the right description for the action [Anscombe on Kant]
8025 The categorical imperative will not suggest maxims suitable for testing [MacIntyre on Kant]
8027 I can universalize a selfish maxim, if it is expressed in a way that only applies to me [MacIntyre on Kant]
3728 Suicide, false promises, neglected talent, and lack of charity all involve contradictions of principle [Kant, by PG]
22008 Always treat yourself and others as an end, and never simply as a means [Kant]
3719 If lying were the universal law it would make promises impossible [Kant]
3762 Why couldn't all rational beings accept outrageously immoral rules of conduct? [Mill on Kant]
4413 The categorical imperative smells of cruelty [Nietzsche on Kant]
3716 Act according to a maxim you can will as a universal law [Kant]
3727 Act as if your maxim were to become a universal law of nature [Kant]
22009 Morality is the creation of the laws that enable a Kingdom of Ends [Kant]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 5. Persons as Ends
22050 The maxim of an action is chosen, and not externally imposed [Kant, by Bowie]
6694 Always treat humanity as an end and never as a means only [Kant]
3731 Rational beings necessarily conceive their own existence as an end in itself [Kant]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty
4345 For Kant, even a person who lacks all sympathy for others still has a motive for benevolence [Kant, by Hursthouse]
4251 If we are required to give moral thought the highest priority, this gives morality no content [Williams,B on Kant]
16004 If Kant lives by self-administered laws, this is as feeble as self-administered punishments [Kierkegaard on Kant]
3711 Only a good will makes us worthy of happiness [Kant]
3713 The function of reason is to produce a good will [Kant]
3729 Our inclinations are not innately desirable; in fact most rational beings would like to be rid of them [Kant]
4344 Actions where people spread happiness because they enjoy it have no genuine moral worth [Kant]