Unfortunately us being normal human beings most of our morals are more on the selfish side and as long as we choose to indulge in our selfish ways, they are not moral. We instinctually put ourselves first, but we should be choosing the rational choices more often because they are morally correct. If everyone in the world was selfish we would not be the advanced race that we are. So for example, if you find a dog and see a poster that offers a reward for returning the dog it is selfish because you get something out of return the dog and it isn’t considered moral. Even though the action appears to be for a moral reason, it hides the selfish intentions behind returning the dog home. Another example would be if you found a cure to AID’s and you decided to …show more content…
The first one is that Kant believes that for an idea to be a moral choice, it must have some rationally to it because morality includes what is necessary for humans to do (and only rational thoughts are strictly necessary). Secondly, he thinks that moral choices with rational motives behind them must be in the design of a rule since human reason works by giving out rules. Thirdly, the rules must be in the form of a forceful mandate because morality includes commands like not to be a thief. For example, he believes that it is not rational to commit suicide because we would be wasting the life or talent that we each individually