The ethics of duties and rights - Ethics of duty: Immanuel Kant

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Prima facie duty

A prima facie duty is an obligation that presumes fulfillment unless it conflicts on a particular occasion with a stronger obligation.

Third principle that is related to the second formulation of the categorical imperative:

The will of any reasonable being can be taken to be the general law-making will --> autonomy of the reasonable will

Act is morally wrong if:

it is not motivated by a good will
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Second formulation of the categorical imperative

Anything with a reasonable will has absolute value and serves ground for universal laws:
"Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, both in your own person and in any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end."
--> respect for persons

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