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The Good Will

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State

Kant's starting point: the only thing good without qualification is a good will—acting from duty, not from inclination or advantage.

Show

Two shopkeepers give correct change: one fears bad publicity, one holds honesty a duty. Same act, different moral worth.

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Inclination is not sin—Kant's claim is that moral credit tracks the motive, not the mood.