A Report in Soc. Sci. 416 (Social Ethics) under Prof. Jonathan Adjijil at Filamer Christian University, Roxas City, Philippines (2nd Sem., A.Y. 2013-14)

1. Ethical Teachings of
Immanuel Kant
by: Jose Radin L. Garduque

2. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
• Personal Background, Education,
Career, Philosophical Work,
Astronomical Discovery, Studies,
Teaching Career, Death
• Teaching about Animals
• Teachings about Morality
• Teachings About Reason
• Teachings about Happiness

3. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Personal Background
Immanuel Kant was
born in 1724 in
Prussia (Germany).
He was the fourth of
nine children of
Jonathan Kant, a
harness-maker and
Anna Regina Reuter.

4. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Education
After attending a Latin
school for over eight
years, Kant went to
the University of
Konigsberg at age 16
where he studied
philosophy,
mathematics and
physics.

5. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Career
In 1746, his father died
of stroke interrupting
his studies. He left
the university and
earned a living as a
private tutor in the
smaller towns
surrounding
Konigsberg.

6. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Philosophical Work
Despite this, Kant
pursued his
researches and was
able to publish his
very first
philosophical work
which was entitled
“Thoughts on the
True Estimation of
Living Forces”.

7. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Astronomical Discovery
At the age of 30 in
1754, Kant made an
astronomical
discovery about the
nature of the earth’s
rotation in which he
won the Berlin
Academy Prize.

8. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Studies
The following year
(1755), Kant
accepted the help of
a friend to continue
his study and by
1756, he received his
doctorate.

9. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching Career
He returned to the
University of
Konigsberg and
remained there for
15 years, teaching
science, mathematics
and philosophy.

10. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching Career
In 1770, he received his
professorship in logic
and metaphysics and
continued to teach
there for the next 27
years.

11. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Writings
In 1781, at the age of
57, Kant published
his “Critique of Pure
Reason”. The idea of
this is to establish
and investigate the
legitimate limits of
human knowledge.

12. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Writings
In 1797, after 27 years
at Konigsberg, Kant
introduced his
“Metaphysics of
Morals and Ethics” in
which he placed
reason as the
fundamental
authority for
morality.

13. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Death
Kant’s health gradually
failed and became
worse. He died at
Konigsberg at the age
of 80 in February 12,
1804 uttering “Es ist
gut” (It is good)
before finally
expiring.

14. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Animals
“He who is cruel to
animals becomes
hard also in his
dealings with men.
We can judge the
heart of a man by his
treatment of
animals.”

15. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Morality
“Immaturity is the
incapacity to use
once intelligence
without the guidance
of another.”

16. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Morality
“Two things awe me
most – the starry sky
above me and the
moral law within
me.”

17. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Morality
“By a lie, a man
annihilates his dignity
as a man.”

18. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Morality
“In law, a man is guilty
when he violates the
rights of others. In
ethics, he is guilty if
he only thinks of
doing so.”

19. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Reason
“All our knowledge
begins with the
senses, proceeds
then to the
understanding and
ends with reason.
There is nothing
higher than reason.”

20. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Reason
“Seek not the favour of
the multitude; it is
seldom got by honest
and lawful means.
But seek the
testimony of few;
and number not
voices, but weigh
them.”

21. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Happiness
“It is not God’s will
merely that will make
us happy, but we
should make
ourselves happy.”

22. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Happiness
“Morality is not the
doctrine of how we
may make ourselves
happy, but how we
make ourselves
worthy of
happiness.”

23. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant:
Teaching about Happiness
“It is not necessary to
live happily, but it is
necessary to live
honourably.”

24. Ethical Teachings of Immanuel Kant
A Report in Soc. Sci.
416 (Social Ethics)
under Prof. Jonathan
Adjijil at Filamer
Christian University,
Roxas City, Philippines
(2nd Sem., A.Y. 2013-14)