Analyzing Kant's Ideas Of Kantian Morality

Kantian Morality is concerned with one thing, personal motives. This idea can help explain Kant’s view of morality. His ideology is unlike anything I have studied yet. It is not as simple as the utilitarian’s trolley car. It is also much more complex then the libertarian idea of morality. Kant’s morality comes from a simplistic idea, but when put into practice it is very hard to draw the line with personal motives. Although, it is hard to think of Kantian Morality when driving a trolley car it is somewhat easier to think of it when giving a homeless man a hamburger. Kant believes morality is begins with good intentions and or motives. He believes that any actions good or bad has an intended purpose. Those purposes should not arrive from external factors such as …show more content…
By ends, Kant means that every human has a life, and duty, much like you. You should treat others as if they are a beautiful creation. When Kant states that humans are not means, he proposes that people should not use other humans as ways of getting something he or she wants.
Kant believes you should not use other human beings, as a way to accomplish something, a pawn in your game. Kant believes your duty creates the motives you should act on.
A Kantian example of good and bad motives starts with feeding a hungry homeless man. Using Kant’s explanation of bad motives, imagine you are walking with your friends and you see a homeless man. Thinking about how good you will look in front of your friends if you buy the man a lunch. You walk to the store and purchase a lunch and give it to the man. As you walk away, your friends are clapping and you feel validated. Kant would think that this is not a moral decision. Although you are doing your duty, you do not have the right motives. Now imagine that you are with your friends and you are walking down the street. You see the homeless man and take note of him in your head. After you leave your friends, you go