Kant claims that good will is the only unqualifiedly good in any conceivable universe and that good intentions ultimately decide a decision’s morality. This deontological philosophy emphasizes the importance of intention over the outcome of a decision, but Kant also stresses the importance of duty when decision making. For example, although most would consider someone who continuously spreads joy due to their own personal enjoyment moral, Kant believes that we should do good regardless of this personal enjoyment. I disagree with punishing this “joy-spreader enjoyer” just based off our humanity’s predilection for acting altruistically, but ultimately I agree with Kant that morality should be based off intention. As Kant’s first formulation of categorical imperative, only what is universally acceptance, where we would want everyone to do the action, is considered moral. Morality is therefore less arbitrary than in the case of Euthyphro, as now morality is placed in the hands of the majority as opposed to a divine being. Ultimately, I think morality should be based on the decisions of rational beings as we are the ones creating the laws and deciding the punishments for those acting
Kant claims that good will is the only unqualifiedly good in any conceivable universe and that good intentions ultimately decide a decision’s morality. This deontological philosophy emphasizes the importance of intention over the outcome of a decision, but Kant also stresses the importance of duty when decision making. For example, although most would consider someone who continuously spreads joy due to their own personal enjoyment moral, Kant believes that we should do good regardless of this personal enjoyment. I disagree with punishing this “joy-spreader enjoyer” just based off our humanity’s predilection for acting altruistically, but ultimately I agree with Kant that morality should be based off intention. As Kant’s first formulation of categorical imperative, only what is universally acceptance, where we would want everyone to do the action, is considered moral. Morality is therefore less arbitrary than in the case of Euthyphro, as now morality is placed in the hands of the majority as opposed to a divine being. Ultimately, I think morality should be based on the decisions of rational beings as we are the ones creating the laws and deciding the punishments for those acting