blog 5

It is rather tough to say exactly what Kant’s main arguments are that he is discussing in section two in the text. One point that Kant does make is that pure expression of the law can have power over the heart stronger than all other forces because one thinks only of reason, and not of reason as well as incentive. To go along with that point Kant also stated that generally laws help everyday lives or us live out. He says that a person will only follow these laws because of a will or a practical reason for what is good. The choice is then based off of a question was the choice a subjective decision? According to Kant the “moral law “ is to act in an agreeable way with the demands of practical reason. The theory of Categorical Imperative has three rules that must be followed in my eyes they follow as moral laws should be followed by everyone, if someone else is doing “it” then it must be okay because it’s the right thing to be doing, and treat the cause for what it is and not what it could lead to after the fact. The actual three rules stated that only act according to the maxim by which you can at the same time will that it would become a universal law. Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end. And the third rule so act though you were through your maxims a law making member of a kingdom of ends.