Though something of a polymath, taking in maths, physics and astronomy and giving lectures on fireworks and fortifications, he is known primarily as a philosopher, who engaged especially with the nature of reason, ethics and religion. The strength of his sense of obligation to that which is true and right is partly conveyed by the phrase ‘Categorical Imperative’. Its signficance is similarly reflected in the ‘universifiability’ test wherein any action, about to be performed, is to be checked against the prospect of this becoming a universal law. These are sometimes taken as evidence of a commitment to the autonomy of ethics, which is exclusive of religion. It would be fairer to Kant to find their fount in God, but not in ecclesiastical decree.
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...Christopher Altman examines the origins of morality in Aristotle and Kant.
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...This discussion focuses upon 'The Concept of Duty' and 'Morality as A Priori'.
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/ www.mtholyoke.edu/ acad/ intrel/ kant/ kant1.htm
...In this discussion of the possibility of peace among states, may be seen something of Kant’s moral philosophy, discussed further in the appendices.
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/ www.utm.edu/ research/ iep/ k/ kantmeta.htm
...Includes a discussion of Kant’s ethics.