Universal Law

Answer the following questions:

1. What does Kant mean by good will ?

2. What is a categorical imperative?

3. Why does Kant think that a false promise cannot serve as a universal law (585)?

4. What is a maxim (587)?

5. What does it mean to treat a person as a mere means (justice) (588)?

6. What does it mean to treat a person as an end in himself or herself?

 Deontology and Kant

Based on reading the MLK article and Plato’s Crito answer the following questions below:

1. What is political philosophy and why do you need to learn it as a student, person, and citizen? 
2. What are the main differences between Socrates and MLK’s views on the purpose of the political community? Similarities? 
3. What is their definition(s) of justice?