... what is good and right. Kant does acknowledge that it is sometimes difficult to judge whether or not an action has been done out of duty, because often the immediate inclination to an action could be for either duty or personal gain, and the means through which one executes the action can often follow the same paths. Yet it remains that ... is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law." (Kant pg. 99) If one aims to achieve something as a result of their actions then they can only have inclination, but never reverence, therefore they cannot be acting with a sense of duty, and by ...

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... our best interest or not. Kant's moral theory is deontological which means that actions are morally right in virtue of motives, which must derive more from duty other than from inclination. It is our duty to pay debts. We ought to do it because it has the ability to be a universal law. Ought does not imply is, but it does imply ... ...

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... further argues that one's will is only good if someone is motivated by duty and nothing else (874). The will is not good if it is motivated by any human inclination or desire. The Provo Bakery may choose to charge reasonable prices for their doughnuts because it is the dutiful thing to do. If these prices are only reasonable so that ... ...

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... right from wrong. Central to Kant's theory of morality is deontology that is duty-based ethics. Kant said, "An action done from duty must be wholly exclude the influence of inclination". Therefore obeying moral laws also must be done without regard to ones inclinations (ones feelings, desires, ambitions and emotions). He stresses obedience to the moral principle regardless to the consequences ... ...

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... a choice by having control of our will and that is done by reason. Letting your desires control you are considered not having a will only once you take independence from the inclination. As an example, I smoke cigarettes and being that I want to quit because I want to live a long healthy life and not die of cancer is my reason yet my desire is ... ...

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... right from wrong. Central to Kant's theory of morality is deontology that is duty-based ethics. Kant said, "An action done from duty must be wholly exclude the influence of inclination". Therefore obeying moral laws also must be done without regard to ones inclinations (ones feelings, desires, ambitions and emotions). He stresses obedience to the moral principle regardless to the consequences ... ...

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... , Kant felt that the principle of one's own happiness supports morality and puts virtue and vice in the same class(p.59). Kant did however; reject the actions done from direct inclination like in the principle of self-love. Kant also said that one must be able to will a moral action apply to all humans, and he or she must be willing ... ...

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