Immanuel Kant, Groundwork - Kant's Examples for the 1st Formulation of the Categorical Imperative

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant's work of ethics, The Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals. Specifically it examines Kant's examples used in that text to illustrate the first formulation of the categorical imperative. This formulation tells us to act always upon maxims that we can will to be universal laws of nature. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Kant's Groundwork for The Metaphysics of Morals - https://amzn.to/2ZXPYGr