Kant: On Moral Philosophy

Reading carefully through the Groundwork for A Metaphysics of Morals (especially first two sections) describe and comment on the main foundations of Kant’s moral philosophy system. The core theme of his Deontological approach is, as we have seen, that the moral worth of an action is not dependent in any way on either the consequence of that action or the desired gain by those who enacted it. The moral worth of the action is the INTENTION and WILL of those who performed it in so far as that will is grounded by a DUTY to obey laws of and Imperatives of reason. In Kant’s world, what is GOOD are not actions, but the HUMAN will to act in accordance to universalize-able principles of reason. What is ethical is NOT what produces good results; what is ethical what expresses GOOD Will and a goodwill is one that is grounded and driven by reason’s ability to provide these universaliseable principles, principles applicable to all RATIONAL agents. I would like you to analyze this and look carefully at his views on the Categorical Imperative; offer a critique of its feasibility or problematic nature.