Summary
Immanuel Kant: Critique of the Practical Mind
Kant presented his ethical teaching in the Critique of the Practical Mind in 1788. In the interpretation of ethics, Kant starts from the concept of good will. For him, it is good in itself, without any restrictions, which has the sole purpose of fulfilling duties, i.e. respecting the law. Moral action is based on self-control because every human being already has an a priori law that tells us how to behave. Kant calls this moral law the categorical imperative. Kant gave several definitions of the categorical imperative. One of those is: "Work so that the principle of your work can become the principle of everyone else's work". Mada svaki čovjek ima u svojoj svijesti moralni zakon, od njegove volje zavisi hoće li ga poštovati ili ne. Thus, the moral law is a prerequisite for a "practical mind".
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