Summary of La Ética en Kant

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Kant believes that morality consists of following laws that are universally applicable. He suggests using the principle of the categorical imperative, which states that we should act in a way that we would want everyone to do. Kant believes that people are equal in dignity regardless of their particularities. This is the basis of human rights, and Kant fought for the autonomy and universalization of moral rules.

• 00:00:00 Kant argues that morality consists of following laws that are universally applicable, and that we should act with the best possible intention. He suggests using the principle of the categorical imperative, which states that we should act in a way that we would want everyone to do, even if we can't know exactly how they will react.
• 00:05:00 Kant believes that people are equal in dignity regardless of their particularities. This is the basis of human rights, and Kant fought for the autonomy and universalization of moral rules. In the end of the video, we hear Kant say that two things are well in one's mind when following the moral law: admiration and respect for the heavens above, and the moral law in one's own mind. What is Kant's formulation of the categorical imperative?