Immanuel Kant | The Categorical Imperative
Channel: Let's Talk Philosophy
Date: 2021-07-13

The Categorical Imperative arrived on the philosophic scene in 1785 with the publication of Kant's work "The Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals." Here was Kant's Challenge to all those who believed morals to be based upon no more than anthropological circumstance and preference. Join me in discovering perhaps the most lasting and important contribution of the genius of Königsberg, Immanuel Kant.

Sources:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/categorical-imperative
https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialsciences/ppecorino/medical_ethics_text/Chapter_2_Ethical_Traditions/Categorical_Imperative.htm
https://www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser/class/300/categorical.htm

Music:
Scott Buckley – Absolution
Scott Buckley – Solstice
Scott Buckley – Where Stars Fall

CC Attributions:
Kant Statue: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant#/media/Bestand:Kant_Kaliningrad.jpg
Kant Picture 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Immanuel_Kant._Stipple_engraving_by_J._Chapman,_1812._Wellcome_V0003177.jpg

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