Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Today in class we talked about Kant and what Kant views as good. In Kant's mindset the only thing that is good, is good will. We also talked about Heteronomy(outside law) vs autonomy(self law). For someone to actually have good will it must autonomic, or come from one self. I agree with this view because goodwill must come from inside ones person. If someone is doing good deeds, or resisting their urges simply because of the consequences or the outcome then it is not goodwill it is merely someone looking out for themselves and their benefits. This is more or less being selfish then someone actually having the intentions or mindset of goodwill.

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