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Kant's philosophy - The morality of reverence and love: Perfect and imperfect duties

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All moral duties, be they duties towards other people or towards onself, can be divided into duties in the narrow and in the wider sense according to Kant. The former are duties of reverence for rights, the others are duties of active love for one's neighbour and are about the promotion of purposes.Quote: 0:08Narrow and wide duties: 0:53In case of conflict the narrow duties always have to be fulfilled first: 13:15The distinction of narrow and wide duties according to the categorical imperative: 28:30Duties of right and duties of love: 48:58Reverence, love and humanity: 54:47The love of one's neighbour that we are morally obliged to can only be love of benevolence, not love of complacence: 1:07:23Obligation and generosity: 1:37:06Generosity should be taken, if possible, as if one was only doing one's obligation: 2:13:33Thanks: 2:33:11Specific 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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