Hence also there can be no ethical propositions. Propositions cannot express anything higher. It is clear that ethics cannot be expressed.
Ethics is transcendental.
But it is clear that ethics has nothing to do with punishment and reward in the ordinary sense. This question as to the consequences of an action must therefore be irrelevant. At least thse consequences will not be events. For there must be something right in that formulation of the qustion. There must be some sort of ethical reward and ethical punishment, but this must lie in the action itself.