GOODWILL Motive intention Good outcomes indifferent outcomes bad outcomes Kant God Free Will Immorality Practical Reason Pure Reason Apriori Synthetic Goodwill Intention Motive 1 Do it because you like to do it praiseworthy but not morally good If liking is unintended or incidental morally good 2 3 No pleasure in doing it but you did it anyways clearest test that your action was morally good according to the informal guide Informal Guide Is this act done out of a sense of duty to the goodwill If the answer is yes you ve passed the informal guide Deontology duty based Kant is a deontologist Formal Guide Categorical Imperative Forany Act What would happen should this act become universal law 1 No logical contradiction morally good 2 Logical contradiction not morally good 3 No logical contradiction but clearly violates the do good spirit of the goodwill
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