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SIGNIFICANCE OF ONTIC DUTY
SIGNIFICANCE OF ONTIC DUTY

Author(s): Ryszard Moń
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 56/2020
  • Issue No: S2
  • Page Range: 161-173
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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