In Immanuel Kant’s writing “The Good Will” he claims that actions that are performed in conformity with duty are not truly moral, and they are not done just for the sake of duty alone. It is actually quite difficult to think of an action that is done purely for the duty itself. Kant states that most actions are done simply out of interest or an inclination to do something in order to reach another motive, rather than doing a task for the sake of duty. If that is true, it is virtually impossible to act from duty. This idea is similar to the theory of psychological egoism, in that the ultimate goal of any action is to satisfy self-interest. Kant says something along those lines when he gave the shopkeeper example. Because the shopkeeper would
