, Kant and Aristotle sound much alike. Aristotle argued that the good for man must be found in his nature, in that which is unique to the human being:
The assumption is that since man is singularly endowed with reason, then reason must have a special significance in human life. Kant's argument also begins with the observation that man, unlike other creatures, is capable of reasoning (695).
However, kant says that man does not have this capacity simply to make himself happy as Aristotle would have it. Instead, Kant says human beings have this capacity for a far nobler purpose, for the notion of duty.
There are many acts which are indirectly a duty. Duty serves to make the individual maintain his or her health, for instance, though there may also be an inclination to do so. Duty is therefore not merely the overcoming of evil tendencies or inclinations but something much more than this. Inde
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