Categorical imperatives of Kant: what are the teachings of the great philosopher?

What is the "Categorical imperative of Emanuel Kant (Immanuel Kant)"? Philosophy - science is complicated and confusing. However, let us be consistent and first turn to the theory. It is dry, gray, boring, like stale bread. But bread is bread, it is all a head, it can not be thrown out, no matter how "impossible" it may seem.
Thus, the categorical imperatives of Kant I. are the "moral law" he formulated, according to which a person must "act so that the maximum of his behavior on the basis of his will could become a general natural law." In other words, if a person strives to become attached to a truly moral one, he must consciously approach each of his judgments and actions, that is, before or after (preferably "before") stop for a moment, freeze, leave his body, step back from stereotypes existing in consciousness , Norms and rules of behavior, discard logic and give a true assessment of what is happening:

• Can your act, your judgment (the maxim of your behavior) become a single universal law;
• Whether the person to whom your deed is addressed is the highest value or whether it is a means of achieving your goal;
• Are all your actions oriented toward the common good, for the benefit of all mankind.

The last proposition sounds a little pathetic, but here there is a "butterfly effect" - every our desire, thought, emotion, dream and hope, even in the microscopic form, lives, grows and spreads. Nothing disappears without a trace. And no one knows how this will respond and what will result in the soul of another person. Therefore, we must be careful and take responsibility for every vibration inside, for every second in our life, because this can change everything beyond recognition in our life and in the life of another person.

Emmanuel Kant: the categorical imperative

And now the question arises: "Is it possible, is it possible to live up to the idea called" the categorical imperatives of Kant "? In his work, in his judgments the great philosopher offers the reader to join in a joint discussion of this topic and look at himself, a man accustomed in all respects from a different point of view ...

In the author's opinion, in everyone, even in the morally lowered person, there is some good will, the true morality inherent in us from birth. It is unconditional. It is perfect. For example, "reason, wit and judgment ability" or "courage, determination, purposefulness" are good and desirable qualities for any individual. But this is on the one hand. And on the other? They can become extremely "bad and harmful" without good will. Too strong and unpredictable in human nature is the desire for pleasure and pleasure, which is placed by our minds on a par with happiness. For example, today a person is kind and honest, because it looks decent in the eyes of other people, and this behavior gives him some "exquisite" pleasure. And if tomorrow a good and honest deed is on one side with a great temptation or a threat to life? What should I do in this case? Any property of character, every talent, any desire, act or judgment without real morality will be directed not at the perfection of the spirit and not for the benefit of mankind, but for the satisfaction of the egoistic needs of man.

However, inherent in us initially some higher principle does not promise that today or tomorrow we will become enlightened. It can only help in the formation of us as a moral ideal. It's a burning torch in the hands of a man who lights up his way. But where to go, in which direction, with whom and for what purpose, the choice is ours, and it must be free. I choose one way or another, I do one way or another, my torch lights up my path, and I see which stones I can trip over, so I and only I take responsibility for my life. Of course, one can not do without stumbling and falling, but they are followed by a rise, repentance and awareness of who you are in this world, and what is the world around. And the person thus voluntarily, consciously, reasonably goes to the path of submission to moral laws. This is the eternal circle, passing that person becomes moral, and therefore free. Thanks to him, a person becomes free, and therefore moral. Thus, Kant's categorical imperatives can not become effective today. This is, according to the philosopher himself, what a person should take as a basis, what to strive for, what to follow, for if you make a debt to a law of one's own actions both before an individual and to humanity as a whole, you act morally in the highest Sense of the word. What can we say in conclusion? As they say, Kant's categorical imperatives are the sixth proof of the existence of God. Why? Yes, because without the belief in God, the essence of the teaching of the German philosopher is equated to zero. It is based on three postulates. The first is belief in God as a symbol of the moral ideal to which one should strive, and only true faith in the Creator gives the realization that man is the highest value, for he is created in the image and likeness of Him. The second is the immortality of the soul, because only in the perspective of infinity the soul can fully fulfill the categorical imperative. And the third - free will is nothing but a will subordinated to moral laws.