well he breaks it down like this:
there are two types of duty, those we must do and those we ought to. If we deny those we must do we are acting immorally and it would be MORE moral to do those we ought to than to not do them (for example, im not immoral for allowing people to hurt each other but i may be more moral if i can stop them without breaking any of the 'must' duties. Basically if i do stop it im better than if i dont).
This also leads to the categorical imperative:
universality- if it'd be ok for everyone to do it everytime they were in that situation it's probably okay
Autonomy- we must treat all people as 'ends and not means', so no manipulation of people ever.
Sapere aude- We must act from our own morality, not religious dogma or what other people think is right (kinda contradictory when you conisder he says we cant perform immoral acts but it still works.)
i think this explains it better than i do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwOCmJevigw
there are two types of duty, those we must do and those we ought to. If we deny those we must do we are acting immorally and it would be MORE moral to do those we ought to than to not do them (for example, im not immoral for allowing people to hurt each other but i may be more moral if i can stop them without breaking any of the 'must' duties. Basically if i do stop it im better than if i dont).
This also leads to the categorical imperative:
universality- if it'd be ok for everyone to do it everytime they were in that situation it's probably okay
Autonomy- we must treat all people as 'ends and not means', so no manipulation of people ever.
Sapere aude- We must act from our own morality, not religious dogma or what other people think is right (kinda contradictory when you conisder he says we cant perform immoral acts but it still works.)
i think this explains it better than i do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwOCmJevigw
