ite damage, the case moves out of the province of liberty and into that of morality or law. With reference to that which is merely contingent, however, society can afford to bear the inconvenience.
Kant discusses the concept of practical reason in terms of his metaphysics of morals and specifically with reference to the idea of the imperative as it relates to words such as "good" and "ought." What Kant feels has to be explained is the meaning of the term "good" when applied to the will, and to accomplish this Kant uses the concept of duty, the most important element for Kant in his conception of the moral consciousness. Kant distinguishes between acts that are performed out of duty and acts which are performed for the sake of duty, stating that those acts performed in accordance with duty but not from duty have no moral worth. In making this distinction, Kant sets out a moral principle in keeping with his view that morality does not derive from n
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