Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #35

Our next stop on our tour of ethics is Kant’s ethics. Today Hank explains hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the universalizability principle, autonomy, and what it means to treat people as ends-in-themselves, rather than as mere means. -- All other images and video either public domain or via VideoBlocks, or Wikimedia Commons, licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0: -- Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: Crash Course Philosophy is sponsored by Squarespace. -- Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - Twitter - Tumblr - Support CrashCourse on Patreon: CC Kids: