Part one of term paper
"If nature intended humans to be happy, it would have provided an instinct to this end. What we observe is that the more people cultivate their reason, the less likely they are to find happiness. Kant concludes that reason is not intended to produce happiness but to produce a good will." In a being that has reason and a will, if the prop ...

Part two of term paper
... instinct. That end would have been attained much more certainly than it ever can be by reason. Nature generally in the distribution of her capacities has adapted the means to the end, its true destination must be to produce will, not merely good as a means to something else, but good in itself, for which reason was absolutely necessary. A good will is one that acts for the sake of duty. Human actions have inner moral worth only if they are performed from duty. Actions that result from incli ...