Instruction
Study guide questions for Immanuel Kants Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Preface
Please answer the following questions in a couple of brief paragraphs:
I. I discussed the following sentence in my video introduction to this module: Everyone must admit that if a law is to be morally valid, i.e., is to be valid as a ground of obligation, then it must carry with it absolute necessity.(p.2) If I can make an exception to a moral law or a moral duty that I have, then anyone can make an exception for themselves whenever they want to, and moral anarchy would ensue there would be no such thing as morality, or moral obligations or duties. Is Kant right? Explain why you think he is right, or how any real moral obligations can exist if people can make exceptions to their obligations.