If moral principles require transcendental deduction (as Kant concedes in Groundwork III), their authority cannot be established independently of some experiential anchoring in rational agency.
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authority(as another method a physician might use to ensure patients comply with treatment)
The power or right to make decisions and have others follow them, based on expertise or position. A doctor has authority because of their medical knowledge.
independently(Used to argue that moral truths are not grounded in God but are presupposed by any meaningful predication of divine attributes)
Existing prior to and apart from God's will or nature, such that moral and logical standards are not constituted by divine decree
moral principles(Used to explain how moral judgement is epistemologically possible.)
Regularities connecting the non-moral features of actions to their moral properties (rightness or wrongness).
rational agency(Kantian account of autonomy)
A mode of operation that can only function by seeking to be the first cause of its actions.