Kant starts from the belief that an action is moral if and only if it is naturally good. Being good in itself, as he would put it. I would find this view has to have two main implications. Firstly, moral actions cannot have mixed motivations. Or else, the action is going to be based on some other motivation, and not on the essential goodness of the action. Secondly, actions cannot be based on thought of any other possible outcomes. Or else, the action would not be good in itself, but instead it would be good in that it brought about a specific outcome. A sort of ‘ends justify the means’ kind of way, be it good or bad. In Kant's examination of commonsense ideas or even a rule-based ‘good will’ begins with the thought that the only thing good
