Kant, I. (1785). Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals trans. J.J. Paton. London: Hutchinson's University Library.  Home/Search   Document Not in Database   Summary   Related Articles

....learning have joined in this enterprise. What grounds can we give for the claim that some inferences are the right ones Kant referred to rules for what one ought to do as imperatives, and drew a fundamental distinction between two kinds: categorical imperatives and hypothetical imperatives [Kant 1785] Categorical imperatives are rules that constrain a person s choices no matter what her interests or abilities are. An example of a categorical imperative for epistemic agents, to which many philosophers subscribe, is that they ought to have consistent beliefs. Another example are postulates of ....

....a wrong way. Another example is the question of whether a good deed suffices to earn moral credit, or whether in addition the deed must be done with the right kind of intentions. Kant for one held that a dutiful action loses all moral value if the actor was emotionally inclined to perform the act [Kant 1785] Figure 5.3: Given the observations from data stream ffl, a connectionist model N is the true theory of machine intelligence, but the production systems approach is never conclusively refuted along ffl. believe truly and justifiably that someone (or other) in my office owns a Ford car, but ....

Kant, I. (1785). Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals trans. J.J. Paton. London: Hutchinson's University Library.

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