Grounding For The Metaphysics Of Morals: Kant Analysis

In Kant’s Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, moral worth is a key element to defining what makes a moral being. As per Kant, just reasonable creatures can be said to act ethically. The thinking for Kant is the same for all people; at the end of the day there is not a needy individual's reason versus a rich individual's reason. All people are equivalent as normal ethical beings. In this manner, if reason manages that one individual, in a specific circumstance, has an ethical obligation to complete a specific thing, at that point any individual, in that same circumstance, would similarly well have an obligation to do that same thing. In this sense Kant's thinking parallels the manner by which stoicism drove Roman legal counselors to the conclusion that all nationals are equivalent under the steady gaze of the law. Along these lines Kant is an ethical "absolutist" as in all people have similar good obligations, for all people are equivalent as moral creatures. In any case, …show more content…
This can be explained by two people who act on something for the right reason but get two different outcomes (one good, one bad). Since both people acted for the right reason, both are considered to be morally worthy. Kant expresses that moral worth is only true when a person is acting on what they believe to be as their duty. Moral wills motivate actions only from a sense of moral duty. Motive is everything. A good will or moral will determine intention which causes actions that lead to the consequences one receives from those actions. One example given by Kant is a man who has fallen into despair after many misfortunes have crossed his path. This man believes that the only way to free himself and finally be happy is to commit suicide. In his mind, this is a symbol of self-love towards himself. This is where Kant explains his criteria by changing the maxim into a universal law. Kant comes to the conclusion