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To: Neocon who wrote (439)	4/26/2001 2:27:29 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1112

"The moral argument does not claim to supply knowledge but merely faith." -- Immanuel Kant I can not source this quote, found it on groups.google.com Is it accurate? When Kant speaks of reason in the paragraph below, is he speaking of using it as a justification or is he referring to the Supreme Reason? In the Metaphysics of Ethics (1797) Kant described his ethical system, which is based on a belief that the reason is the final authority for morality. Actions of any sort, he believed, must be undertaken from a sense of duty dictated by reason, and no action performed for expediency or solely in obedience to law or custom can be regarded as moral. Kant described two types of commands given by reason: the hypothetical imperative, which dictates a given course of action to reach a specific end; and the categorical imperative, which dictates a course of action that must be followed because of its rightness and necessity. The categorical imperative is the basis of morality and was stated by Kant in these words: "Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law." "Kant, Immanuel," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. The previous info on Kant came from an Encarta article on Theism. The Plato material came from encarta also. encarta.msn.com