PHIL 360 (Ethics)
WK 9.2 (Oct. 25, 2000)
Kant I, 385-396
good will --> good without qualification (common sense), 386 (395)
(absolutely good), 387
no good because of its effects, 387 ------> problem, 388
function of reason (not happiness), 387-88
[will=df. capacity to act according to the concept of
law, 395], same as "volition"
PLAN: 388, develop concept of a will good in itself
will is good if it acts from duty, 389, 390
PROPOSITION
I:
to
have
a
will
good
without
qualification the action must be done from
duty, 390
PROPOSITION II: action performed from duty does not
have its will from its purpose but from its
maxim, 390-391
maxim=df. subjective principle of volition, 391n
PROPOSITION III: duty=df the necessity of
executed from respect for law, 391
(no risk of fortune, 391)
Moral law: never act in such a way....., 392
--distinct from "common morality"
hypothetical v. categorical, 396
an
act