Single Idea 18238

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value]

Full Idea

A good will is that whereby alone [man's] being can have an absolute worth and in reference to which the being of the world can have a final purpose.

Gist of Idea

Only a good will can give man's being, and hence the world, a final purpose

Source

Immanuel Kant (Critique of Judgement II: Teleological [1790], C3 443), quoted by Christine M. Korsgaard - Aristotle and Kant on the Source of Value 8 'Kant'

Book Reference

Korsgaard,Christine M.: 'Creating the Kingdom of Ends' [CUP 1996], p.243


A Reaction

I wish Kant gave a better account of what a 'good' will consists of. This is an awful burden to bear when you are making decisions.