Kant has defined a will so good that it does not have to by entirely good, but it needs to be the highest of all goods. This good will, as defined by Kant, is not good because of its effects but as itself. Reason, in this manner, is almost not needed for certain tasks as instincts are perfectly capable of replacing reason. Furthermore, the concept of one’s duty goes hand in hand with Kant’s good will. Goodness is not a result from acting on an impulse of an individual’s belief of Mother Nature. Kant says that it can only come from perceiving one’s action in a particular way. From Kant’s Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals there is an example of the shopkeeper who fulfills their duty and not overcharge a child. It’s further explained that
