SIGNIFICANCE OF ONTIC DUTY
SIGNIFICANCE OF ONTIC DUTY
Author(s): Ryszard MońSubject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Ontology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: value; duty; Kant’s law;
Summary/Abstract: What are the relationships between value and duty? Which ontic status has a duty and why? This article aims at clarifying these concepts. It is indicated that in Kant’s writings, we come across texts that enable a slightly different interpretation of his philosophy. And so: the matter of good will is the goals themselves; good will must act according to the maxim that the members of the kingdom of goals follow. And this is a moral good since the highest principle of morality is the desire for autonomy of will. Thus, the form of universal legislation is a community of autonomous beings in which the humanity of each of them is realized. In such a community, the a priori content – the content of an ethical reality – is created. It can be said that relationships between people are various forms of ontic status of a duty.
Journal: Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Issue Year: 56/2020
- Issue No: S2
- Page Range: 161-173
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English