Metaphysics Of Ethics — Immanuel Kant

When it is said of the perfection that belongs to man generally properly speaking to humanity that it is in itself a duty to make this our end it must be placed in that which may be the effect of one s deed not in that which is merely an endowment for which we have to thank nature for otherwise it would not be duty Consequently it can be nothing else than the cultivation of one s power or natural capacity and also of one s will moral disposition to satisfy the requirement of duty in general

When it is said of the perfection that belongs to man generally properly speaking to humanity that it is in itself a duty to make this our end it must be placed in that which may be the effect of one s deed not in that which is merely an endowment for which we have to thank nature for otherwise it would not be duty Consequently it can be nothing else than the cultivation of one s power or natural capacity and also of one s will moral disposition to satisfy the requirement of duty in general img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img