When reading Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason and Dialogues and Natural History of Religion, two philosophers, David Hume and Immanuel Kant, both attempt to cover similar concepts of reason and human nature, although they perceive them in entirely different ways. Kant and Hume differ greatly on their concepts and standpoints of philosophy but also had a few similarities as well. “…I must first know that something is duty before I can acknowledge it as a divine command is natural religion” (Kant 6:154). Immanuel Kant believed that all moral reasoning was based on rational thought. When handed the opportunity, a rational thinker would make a rational choice, while an irrational thinker would make an irrational choice. According
