In the essay entitled “Foundations of the metaphysics of morality” published in the textbook of the course Morality and Moral Controversies, Immanuel Kant argues that the vision of the world and its laws it is structured by human concepts and categories, and its logic is the source of morality that depends on belief in the existence of God. In Kant's work, the categorical imperative was established to have a standard logic from which all moral needs. Therefore, the categorical imperative is the obligation to act morally, only out of duty and good will. In the writings of Immanuel Kant, human and/or rational reason are innate morals responsible for helping man. Needless to say, this also allows people to distinguish right from wrong. For the reasons mentioned above, there is no doubt that any action should be performed purely out of duty and should not focus on the consequences but on the motive and intent of the action. Kant supports his thesis by dividing the essay into three sections. In the first section he draws attention to moral common sense...
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