Review:
According to Immanuel Kant, our moral duty can be formulated in one supreme rule, the categorical imperative, from which all our duties can be derived. He also mentioned hypothetical imperative. What is the difference between the two? For Kant, “when a person conceive a hypothetical imperative, he do not know beforehand what it will contain until its condition is given. While if a person conceive a categorical imperative, he know at once what it contains. According to Kant, “there is only a single categorical imperative and it is this: “Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”” As for hypothetical imperative, it compels action in a given circumstance. Example would be if you want to pass the exam, you should study hard. At the last part of the article, Immanuel Kant mentioned something about practical imperative he said that “act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end. I think what it means that when we do something we should always think of that people that are involve in all our doings whether it is someone we know of or a stranger as long as they are involve in the act.
Chapter 7: The Categorical Imperative
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