the moral claim of ethical egoism

you argue that others ought to maximize their good, yet if you are to maximize your own good you need to believe that others ought to maximize it too.

if two people both need to have one thing that the other cannot have, you must say it is in both of their self interests that they ought to have one thing, yet if they were ethical egoist then they'd have to say both people ought to do the same thing.

"I believe only I should act in my own self interest, but I don't care how others act"

"All people should serve my self-interest"

"Every person should pursue their self interest exclusively"

the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.

Set forth the first principles of morality. Show how to justify these principles, and, as a result, elucidate (make clear) a conception of a life of excellence for people.

What is right or wrong is what God says is right or wrong.

x is obligatory; x is commanded by God

The commands of God are coextensive with the commands of morality. God's commands do not determine morality but inform us of morality's content.

We must believe that God exists because the requirements of morality are too much for us to bear.

"out of nothing, nothing becomes"

According to Kant, what is the opposite of necessity?

The opposite of autonomy

According to Kant, the primary concern of morality.

According to Kant, human dignity means that we may never use persons as these.

According to Kant, this is the characteristic of human beings that makes humans distinct from any other animal.

To act autonomously is to act according to this.

Nature is governed by these.

According to Kant, this gives an act its moral worth.

Inclination is opposed to this.

The attitude Kant says we should have toward the moral law.

The contrast in Kant's idea of motivation for the moral act.

the contrasts Kant sees in the determination of the will

The nature of a hypothetical imperative

The nature of a categorical imperative

If you wish to do this, then you must do that.

"Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law"

"So act as to treat humanity, whether in your own person or in another, always as an end, and never as only a means."

Unlike love, feeling, or even altruism this does not depend on any individual inclination; it is a categorical duty toward human dignity.

"Is the pious (just, good) loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?"

He argues with Euthyphro about the Divine Command Theory.

If one believes that God created everything, it is reasonable to believe that God created this type of moral guide as well.

two questions or arguments of a dilemma

For Jews and Christians, this is the revelation of the will of God, which would be considered as the communication of moral rules and laws.

He believed that ethics is the pursuit of the supreme good, which provides the happiness that all humans seek.

emphasizes the requirement of an authority or law as the primary reason for acting morally

Utilitarianism and egoism would be examples of this type of moral theory.

Deontology and Divine Command Theory would be examples of this type of moral theory.