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This is a 7 page paper discussing Kant’s “Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals” and his distinction between good without qualification, or “good will”, and good with qualifications and conditions. Although Kant provides ample examples of this distinction, it applies mainly to rational beings and may be more difficult to apply to human beings who are often times irrational and influenced by their conditions.
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by others really true acts of "good will"? Kants "good will" is good without qualification while all other good acts have qualification attached to them in some way. Kant believes
that rational beings have a prior knowledge of what good will is and need not be based on experience. However, because most humans may not be rational because of the
circumstances which surround them and influence them, is it unfair to judge their good actions as not ones of true good will. If man, regardless of the knowledge of circumstance
and known results, still acts in good faith, why can this not be considered a moral good will act? Kant reasons that good will acts have no relation to known
circumstance or results or they would not be true. It is difficult to determine how people today qualify their judgements as good or not in for instance, modern court room
settings. Judgements in the legal sense are all based on circumstance and conditions. Are these judgements not made of moral good will then? While Kant sets out some examples for
his readers, it seems that maybe even in his day, it would be hard to determine true good will. He reasons that humans have knowledge of "good will" prior to
any experience they may have gained in this aspect. Rational beings need not confer with others in order to determine a true good will act. This being the case suggests
that either humans have lost this capability, or that circumstances which accompany acts are indeed vital to the determination of whether an act is made in good will or not.
Kants "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals" (1785), begins by discussing the philosophies of ancient Greece and the fact that philosophy was
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