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Kant's philosophy - The moral duties towards oneself
from Kant's Philosophy · host The Voice of Reason
The moral law doesn't just oblige us in regards to our fellow human beings but also in regards to ourselves, specifically in regards to the humanity in us, of which we ought to act worthy. And these duties make up the most important part of morality for Kant. He who doesn't revere and honour himself cannot revere and honour humanity in others either.Quote: 0:08The duties towards oneself: 0:11The duties towards oneself according to the table of categories: 24:40Duties towards oneself are a very untimely thought nowadays: 50:49Why our age doesn't accept duties towards oneself: 56:06Duties towards oneself are duties towards one's humanity: 1:17:22Duties towards oneself are duties of reverence for one's own human dignity: 1:28:51Duties towards oneself are duties of preserving and increasing one's own freedom: 1:42:31Lots of things that many don't regard as moral questions or only as questions of duties towards others, actually belongs to the duties towards oneself: 1:54:45Most have some, but not enough sense for their own dignity: 2:09:40Reverence for oneself and reverence for others are necessarily connected: 2:32:16A life of dignity is also a life of felicity: 2:49:11Thanks: 3:14:08Specific duties Kant writes about mainly in his Metaphysics of Morals: https://ld.circuitdebater.org/w/archive_files/%5BImmanuel_Kant%5D_Kant_The_Metaphysics_of_Morals.pdf/507955836/%5BImmanuel_Kant%5D_Kant_The_Metaphysics_of_Morals.pdf. I very much recommend also reading his often more extensive and more enlightening lectures on moral philosophy: https://www.archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes271imma | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes272imma | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0027kant_s1s1/mode/2up (I am not aware of any free English translations online).Whoever wants to support my aufkläring work can do so via:https://ko-fi.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.patreon.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VDDT7T7XHR77UThumbnail: www.hotpot.ai
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