Immanuel Kant, Groundwork | Heteronomy & Spurious Principles of Morality | Philosophy Core Concepts

This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.

This Core Concept video focuses on Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, in particular on his discussion about what he calls "heteronomy" in moral theories other than his own. He examines empirical principles of morality, which include moral feeling and individual happiness, and rational principles of morality, which include perfection or divine command.

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This Core Concept video focuses on Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, sec. 2 and examines Kant's discussion of what he terms "heteronomy" (as opposed to autonomy), and how it factors into four main mistaken approaches (or principles) in morality. Two of these are based on the notion of happiness, and two of the notion of perfection.

Kant critically examines private happiness or egoism, the appeal to a faculty of moral sense, sentiment, or sympathy, the notion of human perfection as a goal, and the command of a divine will. Each of these represents a fundamentally mistaken orientation towards morality, in Kant's view.

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[jlke]

Great presentation. I'm really glad you've decided to continue the Groundwork series.

[rommelsotto]

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[kiki]

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[Retrogamer]

Heteronomy of the will. Very good lecture, Dr. Sadler.