Summary • All moral worth is determined by a good will.
• Morality, proceeds from a moral ought. The moral ought,
is the fundamental moral principle governing the goodness
of an action.
• A hypothetical imperative is that which seeks to realize an
outside inclination.
• The categorical imperative declares that an act is in itself
without any reference to another end.
• The ultimate moral good is simply doing what is good as
a matter of intention.
• To use a person as a mere means to end means to violate
the moral worth of the person.
• To be a person-for-others means one recognizes the
presence of others beyond the notion of duty.