The Motive
Matters

Immanuel Kant & The Categorical Imperative

Duty

Doing the right thing because it is right, not because it is useful or convenient. Only this confers moral worth.

Acting out of desire, feelings, or self-interest. Even if the result is good, the action lacks moral worth.

"Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

1. FALSE PROMISE
Contradiction: Trust vanishes.

2. SUICIDE
Contradiction: Life destroying life.

3. WASTING TALENT
Contradiction: Rational being wills development.