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| Purposes: A purpose is that for which something is done. The purpose is not the cause of an action. A person acting must be aware of the purpose of her or his action. See also Goals, Actions, Action theory, Intentions, Rationality, Causes._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Immanuel Kant on Purposes - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 305 Purposes/Kant/Höffe: In its semantic meaning, the categorical imperative(1) is nothing else than the concept of morality, related to sensual beings of reason. Mankind's Purpose: The much-cited formula of mankind's demands of purpose - for rational nature exists as an "end in itself": "Act in such a way that you need mankind [in the sense of the rational nature of humans] both in your person and in the person of every other person at any time simultaneously as an end, never merely as means"(2). To treat someone as a means to an end, the so-called instrumentalization, is thus not forbidden, but only its exclusivity is rejected. Instrumentalization is permitted as far as it recognizes the end character of every human being. Realm of purposes: (...) "all maxims [should] by their own legislation come together to a possible realm of ends, as a realm of nature"(3). >Morals/Kant, >Ethics/Kant, >Categorical imperative. 1. Kant, Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, 1785 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
I. Kant I Günter Schulte Kant Einführung (Campus) Frankfurt 1994 Externe Quellen. ZEIT-Artikel 11/02 (Ludger Heidbrink über Rawls) Volker Gerhard "Die Frucht der Freiheit" Plädoyer für die Stammzellforschung ZEIT 27.11.03 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16