Life And Death
According to Kants' passage the basic idea of what makes a good person good is the concept of ‘free will’. “The true vocation of reason must be to produce a will that is good not perhaps as means to other purposes but good in its self.” {Kant p.30 course reader}. The concept of free will to some of us is no more then just common sense that each individual is capable of possessing; and how we distribute the action of free will is based on individual choice, reason and individual experience. “Good in its self for which reason was absolutely necessary; this will need not because of this be the sole and complete good but it must still be the highest good and the condition of every other, even of all demands for happiness” {Kant p.30 course reader}. What matters here to Kant is that we do our moral duty. “Highest good and the condition of every other”. {Kant p.30 course reader}. How we feel morally is irrelevant we must do our duty. We are obligated to moral duty, which can be established by reason. Therefore, it is only fair to say that Kants' theory is a deontological theory of virtue; which must be obtained and received from source of origin “duty” rather then from disposition of force, of the mind, reason and will. Kants’ deontological theory poses room for criticism of moral rules, irrelevance of feeling and conflicting duties.
“This will need not because of this be the sole and complete good but it must still be the highest good and the condition of every other, even of all demands for happiness”. {Kant p.30 course reader}. Reasons goal is not to produce happiness’ but to produce will that is good in itself. Happiness’ the fulfillment of all our desires , good will is not the sole and complete good, but it is the highest good and the condition of the worthiness to be happy. The entire fulfilling good is happiness combined with good will. This rather seems unrealistic it has potential only to be a nice thought but in reality it does not work...
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