Kant and Morals

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This paper examines how Immanuel Kant had firm beliefs that first we start with a moral sense within reason and through this, every normal thinking person will have the principles of morals. It looks at how Kant being a rationalist firmly felt that we have preconceived ideas about the world and how his fundamental principles of morality reflect his idea that our moral principles are based within reason.

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"Kant's standpoint differs from Mill's on the point about where our morals lay. Mill believed that it was the consequence of an action that makes it moral, rather than the motive behind the action. Like Kant, Mill also believed that as long as there is enough goodness in the end the motive is not that important. Kant's second principle of the categorical imperative is something that I can agree with in respect to morality. That everybody should have a degree of respect for others and treat others with dignity. Kant touched on what humanity is in my mind. People giving each other the respect they as individuals deserve. "

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