Kants ethics

First recall

Only actions performed from duty have moral worth

Later in the same chapter Kant continues - thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect that is expected from it

Nothing other than the representation of the law in itself can constitute the pre eminent god that we call moral

This raises a puzzle : but what kind of law can that be the representation of which must determine the will even without regard from the effect expected from it in order for the will to be called good absolutely and without limitation?

Nothing is left but the conformity of actions such as its universal law which alone is tos eave the will as its principle that is I ought never to act except in such a way that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal law

Kant calls this the moral law the categorical imperative

\hypothetical v categoical imperatives - or conditional v unconditional imperatives

On Kent’s view as illustrated by the examples of the false promise this tracks the distinction between imperative of prudence and of morality