Conclusion: Since men possess freedom of choice, the concept of duty
is ethical and not juridical.
EP1: Duty is a
concept of necessitation. (36)
EP2:
Necessitation can be an external constraint or a self-constraint. (36)
EP3: Men have
freedom of choice, so duty contains self-constraint or fortitude, the ability
to resist negative temptations. (37)
IP1: The law is
external constraint.
IP2: Men must
practice self-control in order to ensure moral actions.
EP4: Man can
only choose an end for himself. (38)
IP3: Peers can
lead you to commit an, but you are the only one with the ability to determine
the end.
EP5: Duties of
virtue and their maxims must be rooted in moral principles. (40)
IP4: In order
for an action to be morally sound it must be performed purely out of duty.
EP6: All actions
must fit the moral doctrine of ends. (43)
EP6a:
The action must be to better oneself through knowledge and correction of his
wrongdoings or to listen to one’s moral feeling. (44)
EP6b:
The action must benefit the happiness of another. (45)
IP5: An action
performed out of selfish or negative intentions that produces an end is not
also a duty.
EP7: Ethics can
be defined as ends in alignment with pure practical reason and categorical
imperatives. (38)
EP8: Where there
is freedom of choice and the necessitation is self-constrained it is an ethical
matter. (37)
