... believes good will is the faculty of acting according to a conception of law. However, we are able to control the will behind our actions. In the first section of his book, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant has two main principles which support his belief. First, he says that an action has value, or is good, if it is not ... merely in agreement with duty but also for the sake of duty. Also, he believes that an action's moral value comes from the maxim that guides the action. The morality of an action, therefore, must be assessed in terms of the motivation behind it. For exam...

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