To have moral worth, our actions must be motivated by duty, rather than mere sympathy or inclination. As a paradigm of moral ...

This discussion adjudicates a dispute between Larry Laudan and Gerald Doppelt over the nature of methodological rules. Laudan holds that all methodological rules are hypothetical imperatives, while ...

Few moral precepts parallel Immanuel Kant’s concept of the Categorical Imperative (CI), in terms of their influence on the modern notion of the person as an autonomous individual; worthy of dignity, ...

"Listen to me. I am shoulding all over myself."—Stuart Smalley, "Stuart Saves His Family" (1995) Before he became a U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Al Franken created the character of Stuart Smalley, ...