Ep 13: Categorical Imperative - From Prussia With Love
An episode of the You've Got It All Wrong podcast, hosted by Thought Experiment Media, titled "Ep 13: Categorical Imperative - From Prussia With Love" was published on September 7, 2015 and runs 51 minutes.
September 7, 2015 ·51m · You've Got It All Wrong
Episode Description
One of the great debates in philosophy is whether or not moral rules are created by humans or exist independently from us as absolute truths. The German philosopher Immanuel Kant believed that we could discover objective moral principles, and his theory of the Categorical Imperative was meant to give us a framework for distinguishing between right and wrong. In this episode we give an overview of the Categorical Imperative, including some famous thought experiments that argue both for and against Kant’s idea. We also learn about Kant’s rules for throwing a good dinner party, marvel at Ma...
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